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West Nile virus in mosquitoes in Greece.
Parasitology research - 1 Apr 2013
Papa Anna, Xanthopoulou Kyriaki, Tsioka Aikaterini, Kalaitzopoulou Stella, Mourelatos Spiros
Abstract excerpt
Epidemics of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred for two consecutive years in Greece (in 2010 and 2011). A total of 16,116 adult Culex pipiens mosquitoes collected in two peripheries, Central Macedonia and Thessaly, were tested for WNV infection. WNV lineage 2 was detected in 6/296 mosquito pools, three in each year. The H249P substitution in the NS3 protein, previously associated with increased pathogenicity and...
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