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Published Date: 2011-09-12 15:45:59
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus - Eurasia (10): Greece
Archive Number: 20110912.2775

WEST NILE VIRUS - EURASIA (10): GREECE
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Date: Mon 12 Sep 2011
From: Anna Papa <annap@med.auth.gr> [edited]

[re: ProMED-mail West Nile virus - Eurasia (08): Greece, human, equine
20110825.2595]
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Following the ProMED-mail report concerning the ongoing outbreak of
West Nile virus (WNV) infections in Greece, I would like to inform you
that WNV lineage 2 sequences were obtained from patients' sera taken
during the acute phase of the illness. Sequences of the NS3 gene are
identical to those obtained in 2010 from _Culex_ mosquitoes and blood
donors, thus, similar to the Hungarian WNV strain.

--
Anna Papa
Head, National Reference Centre for Arboviruses
Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece
<annap@med.auth.gr>

[ProMED-mail thanks Dr Papa for this update on WNV lineages in Greece.
It is interesting that the sequences of this year (2011) are the same
as last year.

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Greece can be accessed at
http://healthmap.org/r/01Pm. - Mod.TY]

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