Continued evolution of West Nile virus, Houston, Texas, USA, 2002-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1418-1427

  Mann, Brian R ^a   McMullen, Allison R ^a   Swetnam, Daniele M ^a   Salvato, Vence ^b   Reyna, Martin ^b   Guzman, Hilda ^a   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^b   Dennett, James A ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Barrett, Alan D T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

FLAVIVIRUS; PHYLOGENETICS; TEXAS; VIRAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS EVOLUTION; VIRUS SURVEILLANCE; VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS; WNV;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, VIRAL; TEXAS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84882588586     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130377     Document Type: Article

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