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Isolation and Characterization of West Nile Virus from the Blood of Viremic Patients During the 2000 Outbreak in Israel

Year: 2001

Type: article

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.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017428

Authors: Musa Hindiyeh, Lester M. Shulman, Ella Mendelson, Lea Weiss, Zehava Grossman, Hanna Bin

Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Sheba Medical Center, Israel Ministry of Health

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Hebrew University of Jerusalem