Putative new lineage of west nile virus, Spain

To ascertain the presence of West Nile virus (WNV), we sampled mosquitoes in 2006 in locations in southern Spain where humans had been infected. WNV genomic RNA was detected in 1 pool from unfed female Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this sequence cannot be assigned...

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Authors: Vazquez, Ana, Sánchez-Seco, María Paz, Ruiz, Santiago, Molero-Sanz, Francisca, Hernandez, Lourdes, Moreno, Juana, Magallanes, Antonio, Tejedor, Concepcion Gomez, Tenorio, Antonio
Format: article
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repository:Repisalud
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/7094
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7094
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Aedes
Animals
Cell Line
Cercopithecus aethiops
Culex
Evolution, Molecular
Female
Humans
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Spain
Vero Cells
West Nile Fever
West Nile virus
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Summary:To ascertain the presence of West Nile virus (WNV), we sampled mosquitoes in 2006 in locations in southern Spain where humans had been infected. WNV genomic RNA was detected in 1 pool from unfed female Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this sequence cannot be assigned to previously described lineages of WNV.

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