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Showing papers by "Scott C. Weaver published in 1996"

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Re-emergence of epidemic Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in South America

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Scott C. Weaver1, Rosalba Salas2, Rebeca Rico-Hesse3, George V. Ludwig4, M. S. Oberste4, Jorge Boshell, Robert B. Tesh1 •
University of Texas Medical Branch1, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems2, Yale University3, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases4
17 Aug 1996-The Lancet
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the epidemic in Venezuela during 1995 resulted from the re-emergence of an epizootic serotype IC VEE virus, and raises the possibility of a serotypes IC enzootic transmission cycle in northern Venezuela.

265 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Genetic Variation in Yellow Fever Virus: Duplication in the 3′ Noncoding Region of Strains from Africa

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Eryu Wang1, Scott C. Weaver1, Robert E. Shope1, Robert B. Tesh1, Douglas M. Watts, Alan D.T. Barrett1 •
University of Texas Medical Branch1
15 Nov 1996-Virology
TL;DR: Examination of the nucleotide sequences of three regions of the genomes of 13 yellow fever (YF) virus isolates suggested that there were at least four major genotypes of YF virus, including one in Central/East Africa, one in West Africa, and two in South America.

107 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Genetic conservation of Highlands J viruses.

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Martin J. Cilnis1, Martin J. Cilnis2, Wenli Kang3, Scott C. Weaver•
University of California, Irvine1, University of California, San Diego2, University of Texas Medical Branch3
15 Apr 1996-Virology
TL;DR: The hypotheses that the duration of the transmission season affects arboviral evolutionary rates and vertebrate host mobility influences genetic diversity are supported.

53 citations