Publications

evolutionary relationships and systematics of the alphaviruses.	partial e1 envelope glycoprotein gene sequences and complete structural polyprotein sequences were used to compare divergence and construct phylogenetic trees for the genus alphavirus. tree topologies indicated that the mosquito-borne alphaviruses could have arisen in either the old or the new world, with at least two transoceanic introductions to account for their current distribution. the time frame for alphavirus diversification could not be estimated because maximum-likelihood analyses indic ...	2001	11581380
a phylogenomic study of the genus alphavirus employing whole genome comparison.	the phylogenetics of the genus alphavirus have historically been characterized using partial gene, single gene or partial proteomic data. we have mined cdna and amino acid sequences from genbank for all fully sequenced and some partially sequenced alphaviruses and generated phylogenomic analyses of the genus alphavirus genus, employing capsid encoding structural regions, non-structural coding regions and complete viral genomes. our studies support the presence of the previously reported recombin ...	2005	18629194
characterization of an alphavirus isolated from a stranded harbor porpoise (phocoena phocoena) from alaska.	the family togaviridae comprises several significant human and veterinary mosquito-borne pathogens. two togaviruses (genus alphavirus) have been previously identified in association with marine mammals, the southern elephant seal virus (sesv) and eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) from a fatal captive harbor seal infection. herein we report the ultrastructural and phylogenomic characterization of a novel marine togavirus, the first isolated from a cetacean, an alaskan harbor porpoise (phoc ...	2020	33075445