Evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in the United States, 1999-2011: phylogeny, selection pressure and evolutionary time-scale analysis.

• Main Authors: Germán Añez (Author), Andriyan Grinev (Author), Caren Chancey (Author), Christopher Ball (Author), Namita Akolkar (Author), Kevin J Land (Author), Valerie Winkelman (Author), Susan L Stramer (Author), Laura D Kramer (Author), Maria Rios (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 seque...