Genetic analysis of West Nile New York 1999 encephalitis virus

Lancet. 1999 Dec 4;354(9194):1971-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)05384-2.

Abstract

Analysis of the genome of the flavivirus responsible for the 1999 New York City encephalitis epidemic cloned from human brain by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction Indicates its identity as a lineage I West Nile virus (WNV; WNV-NY1999) closely related to WNVs previously isolated In the Middle East.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • New York City
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
  • West Nile Fever
  • West Nile virus / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Envelope Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF202541
  • GENBANK/AF208017