Phylogeographic Reconstruction of African Yellow Fever Virus Isolates Indicates Recent Simultaneous Dispersal into East and West Africa

Andrew Beck; Hilda Guzman; Li Li; Brett Ellis; Robert B. Tesh; Alan D. T. Barrett

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001910

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Phylogeographic Reconstruction of African Yellow Fever Virus Isolates Indicates Recent Simultaneous Dispersal into East and West Africa

Andrew Beck,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Hilda Guzman,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Li Li,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Brett Ellis,

Affiliation Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
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Robert B. Tesh,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Alan D. T. Barrett

* E-mail: abarrett@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Phylogeographic Reconstruction of African Yellow Fever Virus Isolates Indicates Recent Simultaneous Dispersal into East and West Africa

Andrew Beck,
Hilda Guzman,
Li Li,
Brett Ellis,
Robert B. Tesh,
Alan D. T. Barrett

Published: March 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001910

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