A Hamster-Derived West Nile Virus Isolate Induces Persistent Renal Infection in Mice

• Vandana Saxena,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Guorui Xie,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Bei Li,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Tierra Farris,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Thomas Welte,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Bin Gong,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Paul Boor,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Ping Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Shao-Jun Tang,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Robert Tesh,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Tian Wang

  * E-mail: ti1wang@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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