Eurosurveillance · 2011 · 65 citations · 8 references
Life SciencesMolecular BiologyZoologyMolecular VirologyPhylogeneticsVirologyAnimal VirusesMolecular PhylogenyViral Diseases Of WildlifeViral InfectionsViral ZoonosesVirus ClassificationAvian Reservoir HostsComparative Viral PhylogeneticsPhylogenetic Character AnalysisPhylogenetic Virus ClassificationSequence SimilarityVirus Evolution AnalysisVirus Evolutionary RelationshipsWest Nile Virus Disease
A West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 strain was molecularly identified and characterised in a Eurasian magpie hunted in Greece in 2010, during a WNV outbreak in humans. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the highest sequence similarity (>99%) with other WNV lineage 2 strains derived from birds of prey in Austria and Hungary (2004–2009). This first molecular detection of WNV in sedentary wild birds in Greece, which are possible reservoirs of the virus, is a public health concern.
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Lineage 1 and 2 Strains of Encephalitic West Nile Virus, Central Europe
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