Identification of a Kunjin/West Nile-like flavivirus in brains of patientswith New York encephalitis

Authors
Briese, T Jia, XY Huang, C Grady, LJ Lipkin, WI
Citation
T. Briese et al., Identification of a Kunjin/West Nile-like flavivirus in brains of patientswith New York encephalitis, LANCET, 354(9186), 1999, pp. 1261-1262
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9186
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1261 - 1262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19991009)354:9186<1261:IOAKNF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Molecular analysis of brains from patients of the recent New York City ence phalitis outbreak reveals the presence of a flavivirus not previously descr ibed in the Americas.