Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Aug;17(8):1176-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03438.x. Epub 2011 Jan 14.
A human outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infections occurred in 2010 in central Macedonia, northern Greece. Most cases were observed close to four rivers forming a large Delta, a major Mediterranean wetland. WNV lineage 2 sequences were obtained from two pools of Culex pipiens mosquitoes trapped in sites where encephalitis cases occurred a few days before the trapping. The Greek strain showed the highest homology to Hungarian and South African strains, differing from the Russian WNV lineage 2 strain, which suggests that at least two lineage 2 strains have been introduced and established in Europe, causing severe disease to humans.
2010 年，希腊中马其顿地区爆发了一次西尼罗河病毒（WNV）感染疫情。大多数病例出现在四条河流附近形成的一个大型三角洲，这是一个重要的地中海湿地。从在脑炎病例发生前几天捕捉到伊蚊（Culex pipiens）的两个蚊池中获得了WNV 谱系 2 序列。希腊株与匈牙利和南非株的同源性最高，与俄罗斯的 WNV 谱系 2 株不同，这表明至少有两个谱系 2 株已在欧洲传入并建立，对人类造成严重疾病。
