Phylogenetic analysis of West Nile virus Genome, Iran

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1419-1421

  Shah Hosseini, Nariman ^a   Chinikar, Sadegh ^a   Ataei, Behroz ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^c   Groschup, Martin H ^d  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84905218785     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.131321     Document Type: Letter

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