@article{3106424,
    title = "Phylogenetic analysis of bird-virulent West Nile virus strain, Greece",
    author = "Valiakos, G. and Plavos, K. and Vontas, A. and Sofia, M. and Giannakopoulos, A. and Giannoulis, T. and Spyrou, V. and Tsokana, C.N. and Chatzopoulos, D. and Kantere, M. and Diamantopoulos, V. and Theodorou, A. and Mpellou, S. and Tsakris, A. and Mamuris, Z. and Billinis, C.",
    journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
    year = "2019",
    volume = "25",
    number = "12",
    pages = "2323-2325",
    publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
    issn = "1080-6040, 1080-6059",
    doi = "10.3201/eid2512.181225",
    keywords = "polyprotein, algorithm;  Article;  autopsy;  bird;  brain tissue;  Corvus;  gene;  gene amplification;  gene mutation;  Greece;  human;  K805R gene;  nonhuman;  NS5 gene;  Passer domesticus;  phylogenetic tree;  phylogeny;  polymerase chain reaction;  sparrow;  Streptopelia decaocto;  viremia;  virus infection;  virus strain;  virus virulence;  West Nile virus;  animal;  bird;  bird disease;  drug effect;  epidemic;  genetics;  genomics;  isolation and purification;  phylogeny;  procedures;  veterinary medicine;  virology;  virus genome;  West Nile fever, Animals;  Bird Diseases;  Birds;  Disease Outbreaks;  Genome, Viral;  Genomics;  Greece;  Humans;  Phylogeny;  West Nile Fever;  West Nile virus",
    abstract = "We report the full polyprotein genomic sequence of a West Nile virus strain isolated from Eurasian magpies dying with neurologic signs in Greece. Our findings demonstrate the local genetic evolution of the West Nile virus strain responsible for a human disease outbreak in the country that began in 2010. © 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved."
}