Molecular evolution of west nile virus in a northern temperate region: Connecticut, usa 1999-2008

Virology

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Armstrong, Philip M ^a   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Anderson, John F ^a   Pesko, Kendra N ^b   Newman, Ruchi M ^c   Lennon, Niall J ^c   Birren, Bruce W ^c   Ebel, Gregory D ^b   Henn, Mathew R ^c  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

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

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flaviviridae; Flavivirus; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny; Viral evolution; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; CONNECTICUT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79960938517     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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