Putative new lineage of west nile virus, Spain.
To ascertain the presence of West Nile virus (WNV), we sampled mosquitoes in 2006 in locations in southern Spain where humans had been infected. WNV genomic RNA was detected in 1 pool from unfed female Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this sequence cannot be assigned to previously described lineages of WNV.
Vazquez
Ana
A
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain. a.vazquez@isciii.es
Sanchez-Seco
Maria Paz
MP
Ruiz
Santiago
S
Molero
Francisca
F
Hernandez
Lourdes
L
Moreno
Juana
J
Magallanes
Antonio
A
Tejedor
Concepcion Gomez
CG
Tenorio
Antonio
A
D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014709:Vero Cells; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity
D012367:RNA, Viral