Western equine encephalitis virus: Evolutionary analysis of a declining alphavirus based on complete genome sequences

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9260-9267

  Bergren, Nicholas A ^a   Auguste, Albert J ^a   Forrester, Naomi L ^a   Negi, Surendra S ^a   Braun, Werner A ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HORSES; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904858729     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01463-14     Document Type: Article

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