Close Relationship between West Nile Virus from Turkey and Lineage 1 Strain from Central African Republic

ERGÜNAY K., Bakonyi T., Nowotny N., ÖZKUL A.

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.21, no.2, pp.352-355, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3201/eid2102.141135
  • Journal Name: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.352-355
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We sequenced West Nile viruses (WNVs) from Turkey and found close relationships to WNV lineage 1 strain ArB310/67 from the Central African Republic, distinct from other WNVs circulating in the Mediterranean Basin, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. These findings suggest independent introductions of WNV strains from Africa to the Middle East.