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Diversity and evolution of West Nile virus in Illinois and the United States, 2002-2005.
Virology - 30 Mar 2007
Bertolotti Luigi, Kitron Uriel, Goldberg Tony L
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary analyses of West Nile virus (WNV) have been limited by uneven sampling across geographic regions and over time. In this study, an expanded data set of 68 WNV envelope gene sequences from the Midwest (Illinois) was created and combined with published sequences to investigate spatial and temporal structuring in the United States viral population. Results indicate an overall lack of geographic structure...
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