Yellow Fever in Central America
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Nucleotide sequence variation of the envelope protein gene identifies two distinct genotypes of yellow fever virus.
The evolution of yellow fever virus over 67 years was investigated by comparing the nucleotide sequences of the envelope (E) protein genes of 20 viruses isolated in Africa, the Caribbean, and South America. Uniformly weighted parsimony algorithm analysis defined two major evolutionary yellow fever virus lineages designated E genotypes I and II. E genotype I contained viruses isolated from East ...
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