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The 2011 West Nile disease outbreak in Sardinia region, Italy.
Veterinaria italiana - 1 Jan 2000
Monaco Federica, Goffredo Maria, Briguglio Paolo, Pinoni Chiara, Polci Andrea, Iannetti Simona, Marruchella Giuseppe, Di Francesco Gabriella, Di Gennaro Anna Pia, Pais Monica, Teodori Liana, Bruno Rossana, Catalani Monica, Ruiu Angelo, Lelli Rossella, Savini Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
In 2011, strains of West Nile Virus (WNV) belonging to lineage 1 spread for the first time in Sardinia region (Italy). In contrast to previous WNV Italian incursion, the strains were found in Culex modestus and, more surprisingly, they were able to cause severe clinical signs in the affected birds. Based on the partial sequence of the NS3 encoding gene, the Sardinian WNV strains demonstrated a high similarity...
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