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Experimental passage of St. Louis encephalitis virus in vivo in mosquitoes and chickens reveals evolutionarily significant virus characteristics.
PloS one - 17 Nov 2009
Ciota Alexander T, Jia Yongqing, Payne Anne F, Jerzak Greta, Davis Lauren J, Young David S, Ehrbar Dylan, Kramer Laura D
Abstract excerpt
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV; Flaviviridae, flavivirus) was the major cause of epidemic flaviviral encephalitis in the U.S. prior to the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) in 1999. However, outbreaks of SLEV have been significantly more limited then WNV in terms of levels of activity and geographic dispersal. One possible explanation for these variable levels of activity is that differences in the...
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