Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of 474 nt long nucleic acid sequences (corresponding to nucleotide positions 1002–1475 of reference strain Reb_VLG_07_H, GenBank acc. no. FJ425721) within the E gene of the 24 WNV sequences included in Figure 1 and additional 10 WNVs isolated in Russia between 2007 and 2013.
Please note the distinct Eastern European lineage 2 WNV cluster consisting of Russian and Romanian sequences.