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Science 8 October 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5438, pp. 206 - 207
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5438.206
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EPIDEMIOLOGY:
Groups Race to Sequence and Identify New York Virus

Martin Enserink

Two scientific groups are racing to sequence the DNA of the lethal virus that sowed panic in New York City last month, hoping to pin down its precise identity. The culprit looks like one of the flaviviruses, which can cause dengue and yellow fever as well as encephalitis. But experts are still uncertain which member of the flavivirus family is to blame; they are investigating the West Nile virus, endemic in Africa, and the Kunjin virus of Australia and Southeast Asia.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Comparison of Flavivirus Universal Primer Pairs and Development of a Rapid, Highly Sensitive Heminested Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Detection of Flaviviruses Targeted to a Conserved Region of the NS5 Gene Sequences.
N. Scaramozzino, J.-M. Crance, A. Jouan, D. A. DeBriel, F. Stoll, and D. Garin (2001)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 39, 1922-1927
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