Close Relationship between West Nile Virus from Turkey and Lineage 1 Strain from Central African Republic |
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| Authors: | Koray Ergunay Tamas Bakonyi Norbert Nowotny Aykut Ozkul |
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| Affiliation: | Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey (K. Ergunay); ;University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria (T. Bakonyi, N. Nowotny); ;Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary (T. Bakonyi); ;Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (N. Nowotny); ;Ankara University, Ankara (A. Ozkul) |
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| Abstract: | We sequenced West Nile viruses (WNVs) from Turkey and found close relationships to WNV lineage 1 strain ArB310/67 from the Central African Republic, distinct from other WNVs circulating in the Mediterranean Basin, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. These findings suggest independent introductions of WNV strains from Africa to the Middle East. |
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| Keywords: | West Nile virus WNV lineage 1 flavivirus complete genome Turkey viruses Central African Republic strains sequence identity |
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