Isolation of Genotype V St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in Florida

Christy Ottendorfer, Jason H. Ambrose, Gregory S. White, Thomas R. Unnasch, Lillian M. Stark

Emerging infectious diseases · 2009 · 16 citations · 10 references

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We isolated and characterized St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) from cloacal swabs of naturally exposed adult sentinel chickens in 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of SLEV strains isolated in Florida indicated that Brazilian SLEV circulated in 1972 and 2006; lineages were VA and VB.

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