Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3397024 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A human outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infections occurred in 2010 in central Macedonia, northern Greece. Most cases were observed close to four rivers forming a large Delta, a major Mediterranean wetland. WNV lineage 2 sequences were obtained from two pools of Culex pipiens mosquitoes trapped in sites where encephalitis cases occurred a few days before the trapping. The Greek strain showed the highest homology to Hungarian and South African strains, differing from the Russian WNV lineage 2 strain, which suggests that at least two lineage 2 strains have been introduced and established in Europe, causing severe disease to humans.
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Authors
A. Papa, K. Xanthopoulou, S. Gewehr, S. Mourelatos,