TABLE 1.
Collection of WEEV sequences used for analysis
| Strain | Location | Date (day-mo-yr) | Host | Passage historya | Accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG80646 | Chaco Province, Argentina | 1980 | Culex ocossa | v (2), sm (1) | GQ287646 |
| California | San Joaquin Valley, CA | 1930 | Horse | gp (?), sm (27), C6 (1) | KJ554965 |
| McMillan | Ontario Province, Canada | 1941 | Human | mp (2), sm (2), v (2), C6 (1) | GQ287640 |
| BFS932 | Bakersfield, CA | 1946 | Culex tarsalis | sm (1), v (1) | KJ554966 |
| EP-6 | Missouri | 1950 | Mosquito | ce (1), C6 (1) | KJ554967 |
| BFS1703 | Bakersfield, CA | 1953 | Culex tarsalis | sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554968 |
| BFS2005 | Bakersfield, CA | 1954 | Culex tarsalis | de (1) | GQ287644 |
| E1416 | Kern County, CA | 25-Jan-1961 | Zonotrichia leucophrys | bhk (4), C6 (1) | KJ554969 |
| Montana64 | Montana | 1967 | Horse | de (1), C6 (1) | GQ287643 |
| S8–122 | Butte County, CA | 2-Aug-1968 | Sclurus griseus | sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554970 |
| BFS3060 | Butte County, CA | 19-Jul-1971 | Culex tarsalis | ce (1), sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554972 |
| 71V1658 | Oregon | 13-Aug-1971 | Horse | v (2), smb (1) | GQ287645 |
| TBT-235 | Texas | 1971 | Gopherus berland | wc (1), de (1), sm (1), bhk (1), C6 (1) | KJ554971 |
| 75V9291 | Wilkin City, MN | 26-Jul-1975 | Culex tarsalis | v (2), C6 (1) | KJ554973 |
| BFS09997 | Kern County, CA | 30-Jun-1978 | Culex tarsalis | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554974 |
| CHLV53 | Riverside County, CA | 19-Jul-1983 | Culex tarsalis | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554976 |
| KERN5547 | Kern County, CA | 1983 | Culex tarsalis | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554975 |
| 85452NM | New Mexico | 1985 | Culex tarsalis | sm (2), C6 (1) | GQ287647 |
| PV02808A | Lubbock County, TX | 1990 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554977 |
| IMPR441 | Imperial County, CA | 21-Jul-1992 | Culex tarsalis | sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554978 |
| CO921356 | Larimer City, CO | 30-Jul-1992 | Culex tarsalis | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554979 |
| 93A38 | Tacna, AZ | 8-Jun-1992 | Mosquito | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554980 |
| 93A27 | Parker, AZ | 9-Jun-1992 | Mosquito | v (1) | KJ554981 |
| 93A30 | Phoenix, AZ | 10-Jun-1993 | Mosquito | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554982 |
| 93A79 | Yuma, AZ | 13-Jul-1993 | Mosquito | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554983 |
| CNTR34 | Contra Costa County, CA | 1993 | Culex tarsalis | v (1), C6 (1) | KJ554984 |
| Lake43 | Lake County, CA | 1994 | Culex tarsalis | v (2), C6 (1) | KJ554985 |
| PV72102 | El Paso County, TX | 1997 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554986 |
| PV012357A | El Paso County, TX | 2001 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554987 |
| R02PV002957B | El Paso County, TX | 2002 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554988 |
| R02PV001807A | El Paso County, TX | 2002 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554989 |
| R05PV003422B | El Paso County, TX | 2005 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554990 |
| R0PV00384A | El Paso County, TX | 2005 | Mosquito | v (1) or sm (1), C6 (1) | KJ554991 |
| Imperial181 | Imperial County, CA | 2005 | Mosquito | v (2) | GQ287641 |
a
Passage numbers are in parentheses. Abbreviations: mp, mouse; sm, suckling mouse; smb, suckling mouse brain; v, Vero cells; bhk, baby hamster kidney cells; wc, wet chicks; de, duck embryonic fibroblast; cd, chick embryonic fibroblast; C6, C6/36; p, passage in unknown medium; ?, unknown passage number.