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ReviewInfection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases2012

West Nile virus population genetics and evolution.

Kendra N Pesko, Gregory D Ebel

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Review in Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Assessment of the effectiveness of West Nile virus screening by analysing suspected positive donations among blood donors, Germany, 2020 to 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  16. Comparative Vector Competence of North AmericanThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kendra N PeskoDepartment of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Gregory D Ebel
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

Quasispecies dynamics in arbovirus persistence emergence and fitnessR01AI067380 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI Gregory David Ebel · 2007 to 2026
$7.7M
Biology of Infectious Diseases &InflammationT32AI007538 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Michelle A Ozbun · 1998 to 2026
$5.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067380NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) (Flaviviridae: Flavivirus) is transmitted from mosquitoes to birds, but can cause fatal encephalitis in infected humans. Since its introduction into North America in New York in 1999, it has spread throughout the western hemisphere. Multiple outbreaks have also occurred in Europe over the last 20 years. This review highlights recent efforts to understand how host pressures impact viral population genetics, genotypic and phenotypic changes which have occurred in the WNV genome as it adapts to this novel environment, and molecular epidemiology of WNV worldwide. Future research directions are also discussed.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionAnimalsGenetic FitnessHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansPopulation DynamicsWest Nile FeverWest Nile virus

Identifiers

PMID22226703
PMCPMC4494105
OpenAlexW2083446705

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