Novel Flavivirus or New Lineage of West Nile Virus, Central Europe

A flavivirus (strain 97-103) was isolated from Culex pipens mosquitoes in 1997 following floods in South Moravia, Czech Republic. The strain exhibited close antigenic relationship to West Nile virus (WNV) prototype strain Eg-101 in a cross-neutralization test. In this study, mouse pathogenicity char...

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Main Authors: Tamás Bakonyi, Zdenek Hubálek, Ivo Rudolf, Norbert Nowotny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/2/04-1028_article