Comparative Sequence Analyses of La Crosse Virus Strain Isolated from Patient with Fatal Encephalitis, Tennessee, USA

We characterized a La Crosse virus (LACV) isolate from the brain of a child who died of encephalitis-associated complications in eastern Tennessee, USA, during summer 2012. We compared the isolate with LACV sequences from mosquitoes collected near the child's home just after his postmortem diag...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 833 - 836
Main Authors:	Lambert, Amy J., Fryxell, Rebecca Trout, Freyman, Kimberly, Ulloa, Armando, Velez, Jason O., Paulsen, Dave, Lanciotti, Robert S., Moncayo, Abelardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.05.2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Animals Child children Comparative Sequence Analyses of La Crosse Virus Strain Isolated from Patient with Fatal Encephalitis, Tennessee, USA Encephalitis Encephalitis, California - diagnosis Encephalitis, California - epidemiology Encephalitis, California - transmission Encephalitis, California - virology Fatal Outcome Genome, Viral Genomics Health aspects Humans La Crosse virus La Crosse virus - classification La Crosse virus - genetics Male Phylogeny RNA RNA, Viral sequence Serotyping Tennessee Tennessee - epidemiology vector-borne infections viruses Tennessee mosquitoes sequence viruses vector-borne infections United States children encephalitis Tennessee La Crosse virus
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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