Introductions of West Nile virus strains to Mexico.
Complete genome sequencing of 22 West Nile virus isolates suggested 2 independent introductions into Mexico. A previously identified mouse-attenuated glycosylation variant was introduced into southern Mexico through the southeastern United States, while a common US genotype appears to have been introduced incrementally into northern Mexico through the southwestern United States.
Deardorff
Eleanor
E
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Estrada-Franco
José
J
Brault
Aaron C
AC
Navarro-Lopez
Roberto
R
Campomanes-Cortes
Arturo
A
Paz-Ramirez
Pedro
P
Solis-Hernandez
Mario
M
Ramey
Wanichaya N
WN
Davis
C Todd
CT
Beasley
David W C
DW
Tesh
Robert B
RB
Barrett
Alan D T
AD
Weaver
Scott C
SC
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