Phylogenetic Analysis of Bird-Virulent West Nile Virus Strain, Greece

Phylogenetic Analysis of Bird-Virulent West Nile Virus Strain, Greece

We report the full polyprotein genomic sequence of a West Nile virus strain isolated from Eurasian magpies dying with neurologic signs in Greece. Our findings demonstrate the local genetic evolution of the West Nile virus strain responsible for a human disease outbreak in the country that began in 2...

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Main Authors: George Valiakos, Konstantinos Plavos, Alexandros Vontas, Marina Sofia, Alexios Giannakopoulos, Themis Giannoulis, Vassiliki Spyrou, Constantina N. Tsokana, Dimitrios Chatzopoulos, Maria Kantere, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Angeliki Theodorou, Spyridoula Mpellou, Athanasios Tsakris, Zissis Mamuris, Charalambos Billinis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
emerging or reemerging diseases
genome sequence
surveillance
West Nile virus
wild birds
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/12/18-1225_article

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