Isolation and characterization of West Nile virus from the blood of viremic patients during the 2000 outbreak in Israel

Authors
Hindiyeh, M Shulman, LM Mendelson, E Weiss, L Grossman, Z Bin, H
Citation
M. Hindiyeh et al., Isolation and characterization of West Nile virus from the blood of viremic patients during the 2000 outbreak in Israel, EM INFECT D, 7(4), 2001, pp. 748-750
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
748 - 750
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200107/08)7:4<748:IACOWN>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report the isolation of West Nile (WN) virus from four patient serum sam ples submitted for diagnosis during an outbreak of WN fever in Israel in 20 00. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis revealed two lineages, one closely related to a 1999 New York isolate and the other to a 1999 Russian isolate .