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Genome sequence analysis of La Crosse virus and in vitro and in vivo phenotypes.
Virology journal - 8 May 2007
Bennett Richard S, Ton David R, Hanson Christopher T, Murphy Brian R, Whitehead Stephen S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: La Crosse virus (LACV), family Bunyaviridae, is a mosquito-borne virus recognized as a major cause of pediatric encephalitis in North America with 70-130 symptomatic cases each year. The virus was first identified as a human pathogen in 1960 after its isolation from a 4 year-old girl who suffered encephalitis and died in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The majority of LACV infections are mild and never...
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