title: West Nile virus in Morocco, 2003.
abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) reemerged in Morocco in September 2003, causing an equine outbreak. A WNV strain isolated from a brain biopsy was completely sequenced. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses, Moroccan WNV strains isolated during the 1996 and 2003 outbreaks were closely related to other strains responsible for equine outbreaks in the western Mediterranean basin.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Référence des Arbovirus, Institut Pasteur, 21 Ave Tony Garnier, 69365 Lyon cedex 07, France. schuffenecker@cervi-lyon.inserm.fr
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuffenecker
authors.forename: Christophe N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Peyrefitte
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Harrak
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murri
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leblond
authors.forename: Hervé G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral