%0 Journal Article
%A Casimiro-Soriguer, Carlos S.
%A Perez-Florido, Javier
%A Fernandez-Rueda, Jose L.
%A Pedrosa-Corral, Irene
%A Guillot-Sulay, Vicente
%A Lorusso, Nicola
%A Martinez-Gonzalez, Luis Javier
%A Navarro-Marí, Jose M.
%A Dopazo, Joaquin
%A Sanbonmatsu-Gámez, Sara
%T Phylogenetic Analysis of the 2020 West Nile Virus (WNV) Outbreak in Andalusia (Spain)
%D 2021
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3467
%X During recent decades West Nile Virus (WNV) outbreaks have continuously occurred in the Mediterranean area. In August 2020 a new WNV outbreak affected 71 people with meningoencephalitis in Andalusia and six more cases were detected in Extremadura (south-west of Spain), causing a total of eight deaths. The whole genomes of four viruses were obtained and phylogenetically analyzed in the context of recent outbreaks. The Andalusian viral samples belonged to lineage 1 and were relatively similar to those of previous outbreaks which occurred in the Mediterranean region. Here we present a detailed analysis of the outbreak, including an extensive phylogenetic study. As part on this effort, we implemented a local Nextstrain server, which has become a constituent piece of regional epidemiological surveillance, wherein forthcoming genomes of environmental samples or, eventually, future outbreaks, will be included.
%K West Nile virus
%K Outbreak
%K Meningoencephalitis
%K Epidemiology
%K Phylogeny
%K Whole genome sequencing
%K Fiebre del Nilo occidental
%K Brotes de enfermedades
%K Meningoencefalitis
%K Epidemiología
%K Filogenia
%K Secuenciación completa del genoma
%~