First isolation of West Nile virus from a dromedary camel

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Joseph, Sunitha ^a   Wernery, Ulrich ^a   Teng, Jade Ll ^b   Wernery, Renate ^a   Huang, Yi ^b   Patteril, Nissy Ag ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^b   Elizabeth, Shyna K ^a   Fan, Rachel Yy ^b   Lau, Susanna Kp ^b,c,d   Kinne, Jörg ^a   Woo, Patrick Cy ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; POLYPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1, WEST NILE VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTRIAN CAMEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SCREENING TEST; TRACHEA; VERO CELL LINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE VIRUS; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MIDDLE EAST; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; WEST NILE FEVER;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENOME, VIRAL; GLYCOSYLATION; LUNG; MIDDLE EAST; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERO CELLS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84976447266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2016.53     Document Type: Article

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