Multiple pathways to the attenuation of West Nile virus in South-East Texas in 2003

Virology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  May, Fiona J ^a   Li, Li ^a   Davis, C Todd ^a,b   Galbraith, Sareen E ^a,c   Barrett, Alan D T ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Flaviviruses; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77955518877     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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