Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2019)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.181225
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 12
pp. 2323 – 2325

Abstract

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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 2010.

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