TY - JOUR AU - Davis, C. Todd AU - Li, Li AU - May, Fiona J. AU - Bueno, Rudy AU - Dennett, James A. AU - Bala, Adil A. AU - Guzman, Hilda AU - Elizondo-Quiroga, Darwin AU - Tesh, Robert B. AU - Barrett, Alan T1 - Genetic Stasis of Dominant West Nile Virus Genotype, Houston, Texas T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 601 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The accumulation and fixation of mutations in West Nile virus (WNV) led to the emergence of a dominant genotype throughout North America. Subsequent analysis of 44 isolates, including 19 new sequences, from Houston, Texas, suggests that WNV has reached relative genetic stasis at the local level in recent years. KW - West Nile virus KW - Flavivirus KW - molecular epidemiology KW - viral evolution KW - phylogenetics KW - dispatch KW - Texas KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1304.061473 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/4/06-1473_article ER - End of Reference