Genetic Characterization of West Nile Virus Lineage 2, Greece, 2010
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- 1 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (5) , 920-922
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101759
Abstract
We conducted a complete genome analysis of a West Nile virus detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes during a severe outbreak of human West Nile disease in Greece 2010. The virus showed closest genetic relationship to the lineage 2 strain that emerged in Hungary in 2004; increased virulence may be associated with amino acid substitution H249P.Keywords
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