Lineage 1 and 2 Strains of Encephalitic West Nile Virus, Central Europe

Two different West Nile virus (WNV) strains caused lethal encephalitis in a flock of geese and a goshawk in southeastern Hungary in 2003 and 2004, respectively. During the outbreak in geese, 14 confirmed human cases of WNV encephalitis and meningitis were reported in the same area. Sequencing of com...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 618 - 623
Main Authors:	Bakonyi, Tamás, Ivanics, Éva, Erdélyi, Károly, Ursu, Krisztina, Ferenczi, Emőke, Weissenböck, Herbert, Nowotny, Norbert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Animals Arbovirus Bird Diseases - epidemiology Bird Diseases - virology Birds - virology Disease Outbreaks - veterinary Encephalitis goose Humans Hungary - epidemiology Japanese encephalitis virus serogroup Phylogeny Virus research Viruses West Nile Fever West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile Fever - virology West Nile virus West Nile virus - classification West Nile virus - genetics West Nile virus - isolation & purification Hungary
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059
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