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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Dispatch

Reemergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, California, 2015

Gregory S. White1, Kelly Symmes1, Pu Sun, Ying Fang, Sandra Garcia, Cody Steiner, Kirk Smith, William K. Reisen, and Lark L. CoffeyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, Indio, California, USA (G.S. White); School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California (K. Symmes, P. Sun, Y. Fang, S. Garcia, C. Steiner, W.K. Reisen, L.L. Coffey); Environmental Services Department, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (K. Smith)

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Figure 2

St. Louis encephalitis virus phylogeny with 2015 California (USA CA) and 2014 and 2015 Arizona (USA AZ) genomes (black circles). Complete nucleotide genomes (except for isolate 2282, which included only the E gene) were compared by using a neighbor-joining algorithm and 1,000 bootstrap replicates (support numbers at nodes) by using MEGA 7 (14). Isolates are named according to location, year of isolation, strain name for 2014 and 2015 isolates, and GenBank accession number. Scale bar indicates nu

Figure 2. St. Louis encephalitis virus phylogeny with 2015 California (USA CA) and 2014 and 2015 Arizona (USA AZ) genomes (black circles). Complete nucleotide genomes (except for isolate 2282, which included only the E gene) were compared by using a neighbor-joining algorithm and 1,000 bootstrap replicates (support numbers at nodes) by using MEGA 7 (14). Isolates are named according to location, year of isolation, strain name for 2014 and 2015 isolates, and GenBank accession number. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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