TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic characterization of west nile virus lineage 2, Greece, 2010
AU - Papa, Anna
AU - Bakonyi, Tamás
AU - Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki
AU - Vázquez, Ana
AU - Tenorio, Antonio
AU - Nowotny, Norbert
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1705.101759
DO - 10.3201/eid1705.101759
M3 - Article
C2 - 21529413
AN - SCOPUS:79955750143
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 17
SP - 920
EP - 922
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -