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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: May FJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4142585 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virology 20100630 1
West Nile virus (WNV) was first detected in Texas in 2002. During 2003, several isolates exhibiting significant attenuation of mouse neuroinvasiveness, and in some cases a small plaque and temperature sensitive phenotype when compared to other North American WNV isolates, were obtained from birds and mosquitoes in South-East Texas. To determine the attenuation markers of WNV, we have sequenced the genomes of three attenuated isolates and four temporally related virulent isolates and compared the ...[more]