Virulence variation among epidemic and non-epidemic strains of Saint Louis encephalitis virus circulating in Argentina
Saint Louis encephalitis virus caused an outbreak of febrile illness and encephalitis cases in Córdoba, Argentina, in 2005. During this outbreak, the strain CbaAr-4005 was isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. We hypothesised that this epidemic variant would be more virulent in a mouse mo...
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| Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000200197&lng=en&tlng=en |