Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to site content
CDC Home

Volume 9, Number 11—November 2003

Research

Genetic Variation among Temporally and Geographically Distinct West Nile Virus Isolates, United States, 2001, 2002

C. Todd Davis*†, David W.C. Beasley*†, Hilda Guzman*†, Pushker Raj‡, Mary D’Anton‡, Robert J. Novak§, Thomas R. Unnasch¶, Robert B. Tesh*†, and Alan D.T. Barrett*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Center for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases, Galveston, Texas, USA; †University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA; ‡Texas Department of Health-Rabies/Arbovirus Section, Austin, Texas, USA; §Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA; ¶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Main Article

Table 3

Nucleotides that varied among individual clone sequences of a fragment of the E protein gene (genomic positions 1,769-2,469) of the WNV Galveston Co., TX-3a,b

Clone Nucleotide
1,779 1,787 1,798 1,871 2,162 2,168 2,232 2,469
Consensus sequence U U A A A G A U
1 G G
2 C C
4 G C
6 G
7 A

aWNV, West Nile virus.
bClones 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 are identical to the consensus sequence.

Main Article

Top of Page

USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web PortalDepartment of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   1600 Clifton Rd. Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC–INFO