Genetic analysis of West Nile New York 1999 encephalitis virus.

Jia, X Y; Briese, T; Jordan, I; Rambaut, A; Chi, H C; Mackenzie, J S; Hall, R A; Scherret, J et al. · Lancet · 1999

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Analysis of the genome of the flavivirus responsible for the 1999 New York City encephalitis epidemic cloned from human brain by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction Indicates its identity as a lineage I West Nile virus (WNV; WNV-NY1999) closely related to WNVs previously isolated In the Middle East.

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