N-linked glycosylation of the West Nile virus envelope protein is not a requisite for avian virulence or vector competence

• Payal D. Maharaj ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Payal D. Maharaj, Stanley A. Langevin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America, Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-4479

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• Stanley A. Langevin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Payal D. Maharaj, Stanley A. Langevin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Bethany G. Bolling,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Christy C. Andrade,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Xavier A. Engle,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Wanichaya N. Ramey,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Angela Bosco-Lauth,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Richard A. Bowen,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Todd A. Sanders,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vancouver, WA, United States of America

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• Claire Y.-H. Huang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• William K. Reisen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Aaron C. Brault

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abrault@cdc.gov.

  Affiliations Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America, Center for Vector-borne Disease Research and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5801-3021

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