Putative New Lineage of West Nile Virus, Spain

To ascertain the presence of West Nile virus (WNV), we sampled mosquitoes in 2006 in locations in southern Spain where humans had been infected. WNV genomic RNA was detected in 1 pool from unfed female Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this sequence cannot be assigned...

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Main Authors: Ana Vázquez, María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Santiago Ruiz, Francisca Molero, Lourdes Hernández, Juana Moreno, Antonio Magallanes, Concepción Gómez Tejedor, Antonio Tenorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-1033_article