TY - JOUR TI - Phylogenetic analysis of bird-virulent West Nile virus strain, Greece AU - Valiakos, G. AU - Plavos, K. AU - Vontas, A. AU - Sofia, M. AU - Giannakopoulos, A. AU - Giannoulis, T. AU - Spyrou, V. AU - Tsokana, C.N. AU - Chatzopoulos, D. AU - Kantere, M. AU - Diamantopoulos, V. AU - Theodorou, A. AU - Mpellou, S. AU - Tsakris, A. AU - Mamuris, Z. AU - Billinis, C. JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases PY - 2019 VL - 25 TODO - 12 SP - 2323-2325 PB - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) SN - 1080-6040, 1080-6059 TODO - 10.3201/eid2512.181225 TODO - 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 TODO - 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. ER -