Archival Isolates Confirm a Single Topotype of West Nile Virus in Australia.

• Main Authors: Bixing Huang (Author), Natalie A Prow (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author), Richard J N Allcock (Author), Peter R Moore (Author), Stephen L Doggett (Author), David Warrilow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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West Nile virus is globally wide-spread and causes significant disease in humans and animals. The evolution of West Nile virus Kunjin subtype in Australia (WNVKUN) was investigated using archival samples collected over a period of 50 years. Based on the pattern of fixed amino acid substitutions and...