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.

SUBMITTER: Granwehr BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC525281 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature