Phylogeography and epidemiological history of West Nile virus genotype 1a in Europe and the Mediterranean basin

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 646-653

  Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^a   Ebranati, Erika ^a   Bernini, Flavia ^a   Presti, Alessandra Lo ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^b   Delogu, Mauro ^c   Galli, Massimo ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogeography; Mediterranean WNV; Migratory birds; Spatio temporal phylodynamics; West Nile virus genotype 1a; WNV 2008 2009 Italian epidemic

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BAYES THEOREM; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79953116795     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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