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Homogeneity of yellow fever virus strains isolated during an epidemic and a post-epidemic period in West Africa.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 1997
Pisano M R, Nicoli J, Tolou H
Abstract excerpt
Three strains of yellow fever virus (YFV) were isolated in 1982 in The Ivory Coast, one from a human case and two from Aedes luteocephalus, during and subsequent to an epidemic. The complete genomic sequence of the human strain was determined and compared to that of the 1927 Asibi strain of YFV. The divergence observed was on average of 8.3%, ranging from 5.5 to 11.7% in the coding region. The transitions to...
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