title: Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
abstract: Genetic characterization of a human cerebrospinal fluid West Nile virus isolate from Beaumont, Texas, revealed several nucleotide changes and amino acid substitutions that differentiated it from all other North American strains isolated to date, suggesting that isolates from the Texas Gulf Coast may form a unique genetic group among North American strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
authors.forename: Bruno P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Granwehr
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: David W C
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Beasley
authors.forename: Alan D T
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013781:Texas; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000821:virology*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification