Genetic diversity of Venezuelan alphaviruses and circulation of a Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus subtype IAB strain during an interepizootic period

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-10

  Medina, Gladys ^a   Garzaro, Domingo J ^b   Barrios, Miguel ^b   Auguste, Albert J ^c   Weaver, Scott C ^c   Pujol, Flor H ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE ASTRONOMÍA   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS SUBTYPE IAB; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; UNA VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84936988961     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0543     Document Type: Article

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