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SUBMITTER: Duggal NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3741237 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20130701 2
In 2012, Texas experienced the largest outbreak of human West Nile encephalitis (WNE) since the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2002. Despite the large number of WNV infections, data indicated the rate of reported WNE among human cases was no higher than in previous years. To determine whether the increase in WNV human cases could have been caused by viral genetic changes, the complete genomes of 17 isolates made from mosquito pools in Dallas and Montgomery Counties in 2012 were sequenc ...[more]