Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 18, 05 May 2011
Rapid communications
MOLECULAR DETECTION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF WEST NILE VIRUS LINEAGE 2 IN SEDENTARY WILD BIRDS (EURASIAN MAGPIE), GREECE, 2010
G Valiakos 1,2, A Touloudi 1,2, C Iacovakis 1,2, L Athanasiou 1,2, P Birtsas 3, L Bishop 4, V Spyrou 5, C Billinis 1,2
1) Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
2) Laboratory of Zoonoses Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology (BIOMED/CERETETH), Larissa, Greece
3) Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Administration, Technological Education Institute of Larissa, Karditsa, Greece
4) Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki, Greece
5) Department of Animal Production, Technological Education Institute of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
Citation style for this article: Valiakos G, Touloudi A, Iacovakis C, Athanasiou L, Birtsas P, Bishop L, Spyrou V, Billinis C. Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of West Nile virus lineage 2 in sedentary wild birds (Eurasian magpie), Greece, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(18)
ii=19862. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19862
Date of submission: 27 April 2011
A West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 strain was molecularly identified and characterised in a Eurasian magpie hunted in Greece in 2010, during a WNV outbreak in humans. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the highest sequence similarity ( around 99%) with other WNV lineage 2 strains derived from birds of prey in Austria and Hungary (2004?2009). This first molecular detection of WNV in sedentary wild birds in Greece, which are possible reservoirs of the virus, is a public health concern.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 18, 05 May 2011
Rapid communications
MOLECULAR DETECTION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF WEST NILE VIRUS LINEAGE 2 IN SEDENTARY WILD BIRDS (EURASIAN MAGPIE), GREECE, 2010
G Valiakos 1,2, A Touloudi 1,2, C Iacovakis 1,2, L Athanasiou 1,2, P Birtsas 3, L Bishop 4, V Spyrou 5, C Billinis 1,2
1) Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
2) Laboratory of Zoonoses Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology (BIOMED/CERETETH), Larissa, Greece
3) Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Administration, Technological Education Institute of Larissa, Karditsa, Greece
4) Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki, Greece
5) Department of Animal Production, Technological Education Institute of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
Citation style for this article: Valiakos G, Touloudi A, Iacovakis C, Athanasiou L, Birtsas P, Bishop L, Spyrou V, Billinis C. Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of West Nile virus lineage 2 in sedentary wild birds (Eurasian magpie), Greece, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(18)
ii=19862. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19862Date of submission: 27 April 2011
A West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 strain was molecularly identified and characterised in a Eurasian magpie hunted in Greece in 2010, during a WNV outbreak in humans. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the highest sequence similarity ( around 99%) with other WNV lineage 2 strains derived from birds of prey in Austria and Hungary (2004?2009). This first molecular detection of WNV in sedentary wild birds in Greece, which are possible reservoirs of the virus, is a public health concern.
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