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Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus

Partial Genetic Characterization of West Nile Virus Strains, New York State, 2000

Gregory D. EbelComments to Author , Alan P. Dupuis, Kiet Ngo, David Nicholas, Elizabeth Kauffman, Susan A. Jones, Donna Young, Joseph Maffei, Pei-Yong Shi, Kristen Bernard, and Laura D. Kramer
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, USA

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Table 3

Nucleotide substitutions in strains studied

Position
Strain 1285 1332 1449 1899 1974 2280 2321 2359 2386 2424
NY99-EQHS C U C U C U C C A C
3000017 - - - - U C - - - U
3000259 - - - - - - - - - -
3000548 - C - - - - - - - -
3000622 - - U - - - - - - -
3100271 - - - - - - - - - -
3100352 - - - C U - - - - -
3100365 - - - - U - - - - -
842 - - - - - - - U G -
2741 - - - - - - - - - -
3282 U - - - - - - - - -
3356 U - - - U - U - - -

Position numbers correspond to Lanciotti et al. (1).

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