Factors associated with mosquito pool positivity and the characterization of the West Nile viruses found within Louisiana during 2007

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus of public health importance in the genus <it>Flavivirus</it>, a group of positive sense RNA viruses. The NS3 gene has a high level of substitutions and is phylogenetically informative...

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Main Authors: Roy Alma F, Christofferson Rebecca C, Mores Christopher N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/139