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

• Main Authors: Payal D Maharaj (Author), Angela M Bosco-Lauth (Author), Stanley A Langevin (Author), Michael Anishchenko (Author), Richard A Bowen (Author), William K Reisen (Author), Aaron C Brault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...