Cooperative interactions in the West Nile virus mutant swarm
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- 22 May 2012
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Vol. 12 (1) , 58
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-58
Abstract
RNA viruses including arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) exist as highly genetically diverse mutant swarms within individual hosts. A more complete understanding of the phenotypic correlates of these diverse swarms is needed in order to equate RNA swarm breadth and composition to specific adaptive and evolutionary outcomes.Keywords
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