Explosive spread of a neuroinvasive lineage 2 West Nile virus in Central Europe, 2008/2009

For the first time outside sub-Saharan Africa, a lineage 2 West Nile virus (WNV) emerged in Hungary in 2004. It caused sporadic cases of encephalitis in goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), other predatory birds, and in mammals. As a consequence, a surveillance program was initiated in Hungary and in Aust...

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Published in:	Veterinary microbiology Vol. 165; no. 1-2; pp. 61 - 70
Main Authors:	Bakonyi, Tamás, Ferenczi, Emőke, Erdélyi, Károly, Kutasi, Orsolya, Csörgő, Tibor, Seidel, Bernhard, Weissenböck, Herbert, Brugger, Katharina, Bán, Enikő, Nowotny, Norbert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 26.07.2013
Subjects:	Accipiter gentilis Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Austria Austria - epidemiology Balkans Base Sequence Bird Diseases Bird Diseases - epidemiology Bird Diseases - virology Birds birds of prey Central European region Child Culicidae Culicidae - virology encephalitis epidemiology Explosive spread Female genetic relationships genetics Greece Horse Diseases Horse Diseases - epidemiology Horse Diseases - virology Horses Humans Hungary Hungary - epidemiology isolation & purification Lineage 2 Male Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data monitoring Phylogeny physiology veterinary virology viruses West Nile Fever West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile Fever - veterinary West Nile Fever - virology West Nile virus West Nile virus (WNV) West Nile virus - genetics West Nile virus - isolation & purification West Nile virus - physiology wild birds Young Adult Hungary Austria Greece Central European region Balkans Europe, Balkans Europe Africa West Nile virus (WNV) Austria Hungary Explosive spread Lineage 2
ISSN:	0378-1135, 1873-2542, 1873-2542
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