Sequence Analyses of 2012 West Nile Virus Isolates from Texas Fail to Associate Viral Genetic Factors with Outbreak Magnitude

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Trop Med Hyg
• Personal Author:
  Duggal, Nisha K. ; D'Anton, Mary ; Xiang, Jeannie ; Seiferth, Robyn ; Day, Joanne ; Nasci, Roger ; Brault, Aaron C.
• Description:
  In 2012, Texas experienced the largest outbreak of human West Nile encephalitis (WNE) since the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2002. Despite the large number of WNV infections, data indicated the rate of reported WNE among human cases was no higher than in previous years. To determine whether the increase in WNV human cases could have been caused by viral genetic changes, the complete genomes of 17 isolates made from mosquito pools in Dallas and Montgomery Counties in 2012 were sequenced. The 2012 Texas isolates were found to be composed of two distinct clades, both circulating in Dallas and Montgomery Counties despite a 5-fold higher disease incidence in the former. Although minor genetic differences existed between Dallas and Montgomery WNV populations, there was weak support for population subdivision or adaptive changes. On the basis of these data, alternative explanations for increased WNV disease incidence in 2012 are proposed.
• Subjects:
  Base Sequence Disease Outbreaks Genetic Variation Genotype Humans Incidence Likelihood Functions Mutation Phylogeny RNA, Viral Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis West Nile Fever West Nile Virus

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• Source:
  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 89(2):205-210.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Texas
• Volume:
  89
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a581d78fa3503c7d454ce56fe6a955e4d6abba8c061fa5975f9e1268c521487
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21109/cdc_21109_DS1.pdf
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