Phylogeography of West Nile virus: From the cradle of evolution in Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2964-2974

  May, Fiona J ^a   Davis, C Todd ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Barrett, Alan D T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79951804708     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01963-10     Document Type: Article

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