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Innate immune Response and Mechanisms of Interferon Antagonism Against West Nile Virus

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West Nile Encephalitis Virus Infection

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We thank Siddharth Balachandran for a critical reading of the manuscript and helpful suggestions. This work was supported by grants from the NIH (CS) and an appropriation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. JDE was supported by grant T32 CA-09035–30.

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Evans, J.D., Seeger, C. (2009). Innate immune Response and Mechanisms of Interferon Antagonism Against West Nile Virus. In: West Nile Encephalitis Virus Infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79840-0_7

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