Characterization of a novel flavivirus from mosquitoes in Northern Europe that is related to mosquito-borne flaviviruses of the tropics

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 9532-9540

  Huhtamo, Eili ^a   Putkuri, Niina ^a   Kurkela, Satu ^a,b   Manni, Tytti ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^a,b   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,b,c   Uzcátegui, Nathalie Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROTEIN;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUROPE; FIBROBLAST; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMMI VIRUS; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOUNANE VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CROSS REACTIONS; EUROPE; FINLAND; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AEDES SP.; FLAVIVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69449108763     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00529-09     Document Type: Article

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