Volume 7, Number 1—February 2001
Dispatch
Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999
Alexander E. Platonov*
, German A. Shipulin*, Olga Yu. Shipulina*, Elena N. Tyutyunnik†, Tatyana I. Frolochkina‡, Robert S. Lanciotti§, Svetlana Yazyshina¶, Olga V. Platonova*, Igor L. Obukhov¶, Alexander N. Zhukov**, Yury Ya. Vengerov†, and Valenin I. Pokrovskii*
, German A. Shipulin*, Olga Yu. Shipulina*, Elena N. Tyutyunnik†, Tatyana I. Frolochkina‡, Robert S. Lanciotti§, Svetlana Yazyshina¶, Olga V. Platonova*, Igor L. Obukhov¶, Alexander N. Zhukov**, Yury Ya. Vengerov†, and Valenin I. Pokrovskii*Table
Percentage identity of nucleotide sequence for E and NS5 gene fragments among West Nile/Kunjin virusesa
| Virus strain | WN- Romania- 1996M | WN- Kenya- 1998 and WN- Senegal- 1993 | WN-New York-1999F and WN- New York- 1999H | WN- Azerbaijan- 1967 | WN- Azerbaijan- 1970 | WN- Romania- 1996H | WN- Egypt-1951 | Kunjin- Aust- 1960 | WN- Nigeria (Wengler) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN-Volgograd-1999-1 and WN-Volgograd- 1999-11a | 100 100 | 100 | 98.2 96.6 | 93.9 94.6 | 93.9 95.2 | 93.9 | 92.3 92.5 | 86.7 85.0 | 74.5 78.2 |
| WN-Romania-1996M | 100 | 98.2 96.6 | 93.9 94.6 | 93.9 95.2 | 93.9 | 92.3 92.5 | 86.7 85.0 | 74.5 78.2 | |
| WN-Kenya- 1998 and WN-Senegal-1993 | 98.2 | 93.9 | 93.9 | 93.9 | 92.3 | 86.7 | 74.5 | ||
| WN-New York-1999F and WN-New York-1999H | 95.8 95.2 | 95.8 94.6 | 95.8 | 94.5 93.2 | 87.3 85.7 | 75.8 78.9 | |||
| WN-Azerbaijan-1967 | 100 99.3 | 100 | 97.6 98.0 | 88.5 87.8 | 75.8 78.2 | ||||
| WN-Azerbaijan-1970 | 100 | 97.6 97.3 | 88.5 88.4 | 75.8 78.2 | |||||
| WN-Romania-1996H | 97.6 | 88.5 | 75.8 | ||||||
| WN-Egypt-1951 | 87.9 87.1 | 75.8 76.2 | |||||||
| Kunjin-Aust-1960 | 75.1 72.8 | ||||||||
aFirst lines in a row = percentage identity of nucleotide sequence for E gene fragment; second lines in a row = percentage identity of nucleotide sequence for NS5 gene fragment (if available). The strains with identical sequences of E and NS5 fragments are placed in the same row or column.
