A new flavivirus and a new vector: Characterization of a novel flavivirus isolated from Uranotaenia mosquitoes from a tropical rain forest

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4462-4468

  Junglen, Sandra ^a   Kopp, Anne ^a   Kurth, Andreas ^a   Pauli, Georg ^a   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; POLYPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; INSECT CELL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; URANOTAENIA MASHONAENSIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; CULICIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149124772     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00014-09     Document Type: Article

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