Abstract
We report the isolation of West Nile (WN) virus from four patient serum samples submitted for diagnosis during an outbreak of WN fever in Israel in 2000. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis revealed two lineages, one closely related to a 1999 New York isolate and the other to a 1999 Russian isolate.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bird Diseases / epidemiology
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Bird Diseases / pathology
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Bird Diseases / virology
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Birds
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Culex / virology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Horse Diseases / epidemiology
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Horse Diseases / pathology
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Horse Diseases / virology
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Horses
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Humans
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Israel / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / analysis
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Analysis, RNA
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Viremia / virology*
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West Nile Fever / blood
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West Nile Fever / immunology
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West Nile Fever / veterinary
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West Nile Fever / virology*
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West Nile virus / classification*
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West Nile virus / genetics
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West Nile virus / immunology
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West Nile virus / isolation & purification