Abstract
West Nile virus RNA was detected in brain tissue from a horse that died in June 2003 in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico. Nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the premembrane and envelope genes showed that the virus was most closely related to West Nile virus isolates collected in Texas in 2002.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Horse Diseases / epidemiology
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Horse Diseases / virology*
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Horses / virology
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Male
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Mexico / epidemiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
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West Nile Fever / epidemiology
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West Nile Fever / veterinary*
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West Nile Fever / virology
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West Nile virus / classification
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West Nile virus / genetics*
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West Nile virus / isolation & purification
Substances
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Viral Envelope Proteins
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prM protein, Flavivirus