Characterization of Culex Flavivirus (Flaviviridae) strains isolated from mosquitoes in the United States and Trinidad

Virology

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Kim, Dal Y ^a   Guzman, Hilda ^a   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^b   Dennett, James A ^b   Auguste, Albert J ^c   Carrington, Christine V F ^c   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a   Beasley, David W C ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Cell fusing agent virus; Culex flavivirus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Flavivirus; Flavivirus phylogenetics; Mosquito viruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENBANK; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE ORDER; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEXAS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 61649089461     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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