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Evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in the United States, 1999-2011: phylogeny, selection pressure and evolutionary time-scale analysis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Añez Germán, Grinev Andriyan, Chancey Caren, Ball Christopher, Akolkar Namita, Land Kevin J, Winkelman Valerie, Stramer Susan L, Kramer Laura D, Rios Maria
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV), an arbovirus maintained in a bird-mosquito enzootic cycle, can infect other vertebrates including humans. WNV was first reported in the US in 1999 where, to date, three genotypes belonging to WNV lineage I have been described (NY99, WN02, SW/WN03). We report here the WNV sequences obtained from two birds, one mosquito, and 29 selected human samples acquired during the US epidemics from...
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