detection of west nile virus lineage 2 in mosquitoes during a human outbreak in greece. | clin microbiol infect 2011; 17: 1176-1180 abstract: 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 ... | 2011 | 21781205 |