Complete Genome Sequence of West Nile Virus (WNV) from the First Human Case of Neuroinvasive WNV Infection in Cyprus

Jan Richter; Christina Tryfonos; Aristomenis Tourvas; Dora Floridou; Niki I Paphitou; Christina Christodoulou

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01110-17

Complete Genome Sequence of West Nile Virus (WNV) from the First Human Case of Neuroinvasive WNV Infection in Cyprus

Genome Announc. 2017 Oct 26;5(43):e01110-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01110-17.

Authors

Jan Richter¹, Christina Tryfonos², Aristomenis Tourvas³, Dora Floridou³, Niki I Paphitou⁴, Christina Christodoulou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus [email protected].
² Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.
³ Intensive Care Clinic, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁴ American Medical Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Abstract

We report here the complete genome sequence of a West Nile virus (WNV) strain from the first laboratory-confirmed human case of neuroinvasive WNV infection in Cyprus. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this WNV strain grouped clearly into genetic lineage 1, clade 1a, cluster 2.