title: First evidence of West Nile virus lineage 2 circulation in Turkey.
abstract: In August 2014, a West Nile virus (WNV) strain belonging to lineage 2 was detected in the brain tissues of a 9 year old mare euthanised after showing severe clinical signs in Bursa region, Turkey. Phylogenetic analyses of 290 bp of NS3 coding region clustered the Turkish strain together with the 2010-2012 Greek isolates. Either IgG and IgM or IgG only WNV antibodies were detected in 2 and 11 horses, respectively, which were in the outbreak surrounding. No WNV RNA was detected in pools of 50 individuals of Culex pipiens (n = 2), Ochlerotatus caspius (n = 2), and Culex theileri (n = 1) collected in the infected premises.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zoopro lattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale', Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: Şirin
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Çizmeci
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polci
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Portanti
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barut
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.forename: Gian Mario
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cosseddu
authors.forename: Çiğdem
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Pişkin
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses / Q000821:virology*; D014421:Turkey; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*