Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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

Tamás Bakonyi*†, Zdenek Hubálek‡, Ivo Rudolf‡, and Norbert Nowotny*§

Author affiliations: *University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; †Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary; ‡Institute of Vertebrate Biology ASCR, Brno, Czech Republic; §United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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Phylogenetic tree illustrating the genetic relationship between representatives of the Japanese encephalitis virus complex and selected West Nile virus strains based on partial genome sequences of the NS5 protein gene. Bar on the left demonstrates the genetic distance. (Abbreviations and accession numbers are listed in Table 2.)

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree illustrating the genetic relationship between representatives of the Japanese encephalitis virus complex and selected West Nile virus strains based on partial genome sequences of the NS5 protein gene. Bar on the left demonstrates the genetic distance. (Abbreviations and accession numbers are listed in Table 2.)

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