Characterization of the Uukuniemi virus group (Phlebovirus: Bunyaviridae): Evidence for seven distinct species

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3187-3195

  Palacios, Gustavo ^a   Savji, Nazir ^b,e   Travassos da Rosa, Amelia ^c   Guzman, Hilda ^c   Yu, Xuejie ^c   Desai, Aaloki ^b   Emilia Rosen, Gail ^b   Hutchison, Stephen ^d   Lipkin, W Ian ^b   Tesh, Robert ^c  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^d 454 Roche Life Sciences ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIZ VIRUS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGAN 1825 61 VIRUS; FIN V707 VIRUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; HEARTLAND VIRUS; MURRE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RML 105 105355 VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME VIRUS; SUNDAY CANYON VIRUS; UUKUNIEMI VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ZALIV TERPENIA VIRUS;

GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; UUKUNIEMI VIRUS;

EID: 84874745057     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02719-12     Document Type: Article

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