title: Identification of a Kunjin/West Nile-like flavivirus in brains of patients with New York encephalitis.
abstract: Molecular analysis of brains from patients of the recent New York City encephalitis outbreak reveals the presence of a flavivirus not previously described in the Americas.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Briese
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics