[HTML][HTML] Host competence and helicase activity differences exhibited by West Nile viral variants expressing NS3-249 amino acid polymorphisms

SA Langevin, RA Bowen, WK Reisen, CC Andrade… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
A single helicase amino acid substitution, NS3-T249P, has been shown to increase viremia
magnitude/mortality in American crows (AMCRs) following West Nile virus (WNV) infection. …

North American West Nile virus genotype isolates demonstrate differential replicative capacities in response to temperature

CC Andrade, PD Maharaj… - Journal of general …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
The presence of West Nile virus (WNV) was first documented in California, USA, during the
summer of 2003, and subsequently the virus has become endemic throughout the state. …

[HTML][HTML] Virulence and evolution of West Nile virus, Australia, 1960–2012

…, PD Kirkland, S Doggett, CC Andrade… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We used 13 WNVKUN strains isolated during 1960–2012 (Table 1) and African green
monkey kidney (Vero) and Aedes albopictus mosquito (C6/36) cells, cultured as previously …

[HTML][HTML] Old drugs with new tricks: efficacy of fluoroquinolones to suppress replication of flaviviruses

SLP Scroggs, CC Andrade, R Chinnasamy, SR Azar… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Repurposing FDA-approved compounds could provide the fastest route to alleviate the
burden of disease caused by flaviviruses. In this study, three fluoroquinolones, enoxacin, …

Rise and fall of vector infectivity during sequential strain displacements by mosquito‐borne dengue virus

CC Andrade, KI Young, WL Johnson… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Each of the four serotypes of mosquito‐borne dengue virus (DENV‐1‐4) comprises multiple,
genetically distinct strains. Competitive displacement between strains within a serotype is a …

Behavioral characteristics and endosymbionts of two potential tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick vectors

…, TE Eggleston, K Magori, CC Andrade - Journal of Vector …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to climate change‐induced alterations of temperature and humidity, the distribution of
pathogen‐carrying organisms such as ticks may shift. Tick survival is often limited by …

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

…, SA Langevin, BG Bolling, CC Andrade… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The N-linked glycosylation motif at amino acid position 154–156 of the envelope (E) protein
of West Nile virus (WNV) is linked to enhanced murine neuroinvasiveness, avian …

[HTML][HTML] Repertoire of virus-derived small RNAs produced by mosquito and mammalian cells in response to dengue virus infection

EE Schirtzinger, CC Andrade, N Devitt, T Ramaraj… - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is the major defense of many arthropods against arthropod-borne
RNA viruses (arboviruses), but the role of RNAi in vertebrate immunity to arboviruses is not …

Allele-specific qRT-PCR demonstrates superior detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms as genetic markers for West Nile virus compared to Luminex® and …

G Worwa, CC Andrade, TC Thiemann, B Park… - Journal of virological …, 2014 - Elsevier
To enable in vivo and in vitro competitive fitness comparisons among West Nile viruses (WNV),
three reference viruses were marked genetically by site-directed mutagenesis with five …

Genome sequences of 31 mycobacteriophages isolated on Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 at room temperature

KR Anders, A Abeyta, CC Andrade… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report the genome sequences of 31 mycobacteriophages isolated on Mycobacterium
smegmatis mc 2 155 at room temperature. The genomes add to the diversity of Clusters A, B, C