Genetic stasis of dominant West Nile virus genotype, Houston, Texas.
The accumulation and fixation of mutations in West Nile virus (WNV) led to the emergence of a dominant genotype throughout North America. Subsequent analysis of 44 isolates, including 19 new sequences, from Houston, Texas, suggests that WNV has reached relative genetic stasis at the local level in recent years.
Davis
C Todd
CT
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA.
Li
Li
L
May
Fiona J
FJ
Bueno
Rudy
R
Dennett
James A
JA
Bala
Adil A
AA
Guzman
Hilda
H
Quiroga-Elizondo
Darwin
D
Tesh
Robert B
RB
Barrett
Alan D
AD
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