Origin of the West Nile Virus Responsible for an Outbreak of Encephalitis in the Northeastern United States

S. Lanciotti, R.; T. Roehrig, J.; Deubel, V.; Smith, J.; Parker, M.; Steele, K.; Crise, B.; E. Volpe, K.; B. Crabtree, M.; H. Scherret, J.; A. Hall, R.; S. MacKenzie, J.; B. Cropp, C.; Panigrahy, B.; Ostlund, E.; Schmitt, B.; Malkinson, M.; Banet, C.; Weissman, J.; Komar, N.; M. Savage, H.; Stone, W.; McNamara, T.; J. Gubler, D.

doi:10.1126/science.286.5448.2333

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Origin of the West Nile Virus Responsible for an Outbreak of Encephalitis in the Northeastern United States

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Authors:

R. S. Lanciotti

J. T. Roehrig

V. Deubel

Abstract

In late summer 1999, an outbreak of human encephalitis occurred in the northeastern United States that was concurrent with extensive mortality in crows ( Corvus species) as well as the deaths of several exotic birds at a zoological park in the same area. Complete genome sequencing of a flavivirus is...

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