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

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 diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Amy J. Lambert, Rebecca Trout Fryxell, Kimberly Freyman, Armando Ulloa, Jason O. Velez, Dave Paulsen, Robert Lanciotti, Abelardo Moncayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
La Crosse virus
viruses
sequence
Tennessee
children
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1992_article

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