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Phylogenetic Analysis of the 2020 West Nile Virus (WNV) Outbreak in Andalusia (Spain).
Viruses - 5 May 2021
Casimiro-Soriguer Carlos S, Perez-Florido Javier, Fernandez-Rueda Jose L, Pedrosa-Corral Irene, Guillot-Sulay Vicente, Lorusso Nicola, Martinez-Gonzalez Luis Javier, Navarro-Marí Jose M, Dopazo Joaquin, Sanbonmatsu-Gámez Sara
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During recent decades West Nile Virus (WNV) outbreaks have continuously occurred in the Mediterranean area. In August 2020 a new WNV outbreak affected 71 people with meningoencephalitis in Andalusia and six more cases were detected in Extremadura (south-west of Spain), causing a total of eight deaths. The whole genomes of four viruses were obtained and phylogenetically analyzed in the context of recent outbreaks....
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