Detection of West Nile virus lineage 2 in mosquitoes during a human outbreak in Greece

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作者
Papa, A. [1 ]
Xanthopoulou, K. [1 ]
Gewehr, S. [2 ]
Mourelatos, S. [2 ]
机构
[1] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
[2] Ecodev SA, Thessaloniki, Greece
关键词
Greece; lineage; 2; mosquito; outbreak; West Nile virus; NEW-YORK; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; STRAINS; DISEASE; HORSES;
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10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03438.x
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
摘要
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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