Comparison of complete genome sequences of usutu virus strains detected in Spain, Central Europe, and Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 324-329

  Bakonyi, Tamás ^a,b   Busquets, Núria ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Phylogenetic analysis; Spain; Usutu virus; Virulence marker

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; NS5 PROTEIN, FLAVIVIRUS; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPAIN; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84900408244     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1510     Document Type: Article

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