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Temporal and spatial alterations in mutant swarm size of St. Louis encephalitis virus in mosquito hosts.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2011
Ciota Alexander T, Koch Evan M, Willsey Graham G, Davis Lauren J, Jerzak Greta V S, Ehrbar Dylan J, Wilke Claus O, Kramer Laura D
Abstract excerpt
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV; Flaviviridae; Flavivirus) is a member of the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex and a close relative of West Nile virus (WNV). Although SLEV remains endemic to the US, both levels of activity and geographical dispersal are relatively constrained when compared to the widespread distribution of WNV. In recent years, WNV appears to have displaced SLEV in California, yet both...
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