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

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1176-1180

  Papa, A ^a   Xanthopoulou, K ^a   Gewehr, S ^b   Mourelatos, S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Ecodevelopment SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Lineage 2; Mosquito; Outbreak; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS LINEAGE 2;

CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79955787006     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03438.x     Document Type: Article

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