Complete genome sequences and phylogenetic analysis of two West Nile virus strains isolated from equines in Argentina in 2006 could indicate an early introduction of the virus in the southern cone

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 794-800

  Fabbri, Cintia M ^a   García, Jorge B ^a   Morales, María Alejandra ^a   Enría, Delia A ^a   Levis, Silvana ^a   Lanciotti, Robert S ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Equine strain sequences; Flavivirus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERO CELL LINE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84911071136     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1588     Document Type: Article

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