Replacement of the 3′ untranslated variable region of mosquito-borne dengue virus with that of tickborne langat virus does not alter vector specificity

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 841-848

  Tumban, Ebenezer ^a,d   Mitzel, Dana N ^b   Maes, Nyree E ^a,e   Hanson, Christopher T ^c   Whitehead, Stephen S ^c   Hanley, Kathryn A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS 4; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMAL CELL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; LANGAT VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MIRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HOST SPECIFICITY; IXODES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79955780834     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.026997-0     Document Type: Article

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