Prevalence and genetic characterization of powassan virus strains infecting Ixodes scapularis in Connecticut

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 754-759

  Anderson, John F ^a   Armstrong, Philip M ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; PREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867919114     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0294     Document Type: Article

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