Molecular epidemiology of Powassan virus in North America

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2698-2705

  Pesko, Kendra N ^a   Torres Perez, Fernando ^a,b   Hjelle, Brian L ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICKS;

DEER TICK VIRUS; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MARMOTA MONAX; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; POWASSAN VIRUS; TICK-BORNE FLAVIVIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

EID: 78049374936     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.024232-0     Document Type: Article

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