West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viral genetic determinants of avian host competence.

West Nile virus (WNV) and St. Louis encephalitis (SLEV) virus are enzootically maintained in North America in cycles involving the same mosquito vectors and similar avian hosts. However, these viruses exhibit dissimilar viremia and virulence phenotypes in birds: WNV is associated with high magnitude...

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Published in:PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: Payal D Maharaj, Angela M Bosco-Lauth, Stanley A Langevin, Michael Anishchenko, Richard A Bowen, William K Reisen, Aaron C Brault
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Arctic
St. Louis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006302
https://doaj.org/article/ae30dfb14baa4e42b70f90dadbaf9d4f

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