Molecular evolutionary dynamics of Ross River virus and implications for vaccine efficacy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Jones, Anita ^a   Lowry, Kym ^a   Aaskov, John ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^b,c   Kitchen, Andrew ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL VACCINES;

ALPHAVIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 73149100778     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.014209-0     Document Type: Article

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