Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
Partial Genetic Characterization of West Nile Virus Strains, New York State, 2000
Gregory D. Ebel
, Alan P. Dupuis, Kiet Ngo, David Nicholas, Elizabeth Kauffman, Susan A. Jones, Donna Young, Joseph Maffei, Pei-Yong Shi, Kristen Bernard, and Laura D. Kramer
, Alan P. Dupuis, Kiet Ngo, David Nicholas, Elizabeth Kauffman, Susan A. Jones, Donna Young, Joseph Maffei, Pei-Yong Shi, Kristen Bernard, and Laura D. Kramer
Table 2
Characteristics of strains studied
| Collection | County/ | Passage | GenBank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | date | borough | Site/town | Source | history* | accession no. |
| 3000017 | Jul-2000 | Staten Island | Richmond | Cx. pipiens | V2 | af346309 |
| 3000259 | Jul-2000 | Suffolk | Calhoun | Cx. pip/restuans | V2 | af346316 |
| 3000548 | Jul-2000 | Queens | Country Farm Museum | Cx. pip/res | V2 | af346311 |
| 3000622 | Jul-2000 | Westchester | Twin Lake Stable | Cx. pip/res | V2 | af346313 |
| 3100271 | Jul-2000 | Rockland | Unknown | Cx. pip/res | V2 | af346312 |
| 3100352 | Jul-2000 | Staten Island | Saw Mill Marsh | Cx. salinarius | V2 | af346314 |
| 3100365 | Jul-2000 | Staten Island | Fresh Kills Landfill | Cx. pipiens | V2 | af346310 |
| 842 | Jul-2000 | Staten Island | Amboy Rd. | American Crow | V2 | af346317 |
| 2741 | Sep-2000 | Albany | SUNY | American Crow | V2 | af346315 |
| 3282 | Oct-2000 | Oswego | New Haven | Ruffed Grouse | P | af346319 |
| 3356 | Oct-2000 | Staten Island | Mariner's Harbor | American Crow | P | af346318 |
*V2=Two vero passages, P=primary RNA tissue extract
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