Evolutionary Dynamics of West Nile Virus in the United States, 1999-2011: Phylogeny, Selection Pressure and Evolutionary Time-Scale Analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Añez, Germán ^a   Grinev, Andriyan ^a   Chancey, Caren ^a   Ball, Christopher ^b   Akolkar, Namita ^a   Land, Kevin J ^c   Winkelman, Valerie ^d   Stramer, Susan L ^e   Kramer, Laura D ^f,g   Rios, Maria ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Idaho Bureau of Laboratories   (United States)

^c Bonfils Blood Center   (United States)

^d CREATIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^e AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84878488071     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002245     Document Type: Article

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