Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23303828›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of general virology2013

Vertebrate attenuated West Nile virus mutants have differing effects on vector competence in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes.

Greta A Van Slyke, Yongqing Jia, Melissa C Whiteman, Jason A Wicker, Alan D T Barrett, Laura D Kramer

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Greta A Van SlykeThe Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health, NY 12159, USA.
Yongqing JiaThe Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health, NY 12159, USA.
Melissa C WhitemanDepartment of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555-0436, USA.
Jason A WickerDepartment of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555-0436, USA.
Alan D T BarrettDepartment of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555-0436, USA.
Laura D KramerSchool of Public Health, State University of New York, NY 12205, USA.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USNew York State Department of Health · USUniversity at Albany, State University of New York · US

Funding

WADSWORTH CTR: INFECTIOUS DIS, WEST NILE, AIDS, MALARIA, TB, BIOTERRORISM, LYMEC06RR017715 · NCRR · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI TRIMBLE, ROBERT B · 2002 to 2002
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US BASED COLLABORATION IN EMERGING VIRAL AND PRION DISEASES-266025490N01AI025490 · NIAID · HEALTH RESEARCH, INC. · 2003 to 2004
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NCRR NIH HHS 1 C06 RR 17715-01NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR017715NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI025490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous mutational analyses of naturally occurring West Nile virus (WNV) strains and engineered mutant WNV strains have identified locations in the viral genome that can have profound phenotypic effect on viral infectivity, temperature sensitivity and neuroinvasiveness. We chose six mutant WNV strains to evaluate for vector competence in the natural WNV vector Culex tarsalis, two of which contain multiple ablations of glycosylation sites in the envelope and NS1 proteins; three of which contain mutations in the NS4B protein and an attenuated natural bird isolate (Bird 1153) harbouring an NS4B mutation. Despite vertebrate attenuation, all NS4B mutant viruses displayed enhanced vector competence by Cx. tarsalis. Non-glycosylated mutant viruses displayed decreased vector competence in Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes, particularly when all three NS1 glycosylation sites were abolished. These results indicate the importance of both the NS4B protein and NS1 glycosylation in the transmission of WNV by a significant mosquito vector.

Indexed as

AnimalsCulexFemaleGlycosylationInsect VectorsMutationTemperatureUnited StatesVertebratesViral Nonstructural ProteinsWest Nile FeverWest Nile virusViral Nonstructural Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23303828
PMCPMC3998238
OpenAlexW2135439063

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