Identification of a Kunjin/West Nile-like flavivirus in brains of patients with New York encephalitis.
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.
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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