Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Volume 17, Number 5?May 2011
Dispatch
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Volume 17, Number 5?May 2011
Dispatch
Phylogenetic Analysis of West Nile Virus Isolates, Italy, 2008?2009
Giada Rossini,<SUP>1</SUP> Fabrizio Carletti,<SUP>1</SUP> Licia Bordi, Francesca Cavrini, Paolo Gaibani, Maria P. Landini, Anna Pierro, Maria R. Capobianchi, Antonino Di Caro, and Vittorio Sambri
Author affiliations: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (G. Rossini, F. Cavrini, P. Gaibani, M.P. Landini, A. Pierro, V. Sambri); and National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani," Rome, Italy
Suggested citation for this article
Abstract
To determine the lineage of West Nile virus that caused outbreaks in Italy in 2008 and 2009, several West Nile virus strains were isolated from human specimens and sequenced. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses, the strains isolated constitute a distinct group within the western Mediterranean cluster.
-Giada Rossini,<SUP>1</SUP> Fabrizio Carletti,<SUP>1</SUP> Licia Bordi, Francesca Cavrini, Paolo Gaibani, Maria P. Landini, Anna Pierro, Maria R. Capobianchi, Antonino Di Caro, and Vittorio Sambri
Author affiliations: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (G. Rossini, F. Cavrini, P. Gaibani, M.P. Landini, A. Pierro, V. Sambri); and National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani," Rome, Italy
Suggested citation for this article
Abstract
To determine the lineage of West Nile virus that caused outbreaks in Italy in 2008 and 2009, several West Nile virus strains were isolated from human specimens and sequenced. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses, the strains isolated constitute a distinct group within the western Mediterranean cluster.
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