Advances in Flavivirus Research

• Main Author: Michael R. Holbrook (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Langat virus; Viral pathogenesis; West Nile virus; virus replication; Zika virus; virus structure; Arbovirus; dengue; Japanese encephalitis; tick-borne encephalitis virus
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The flaviviruses are composed almost entirely of arthropod-borne viruses, a subset of which are responsible for millions of cases of human disease each year. Among these viruses are dengue virus-a scourge throughout the tropical regions of Asia and the Americas; yellow fever virus-the "original...