Figure 3. Phylogenetic tree of 466 nt long nucleic acid sequences (corresponding to nucleotide positions 9463–9928 of reference strain Reb_VLG_07_H, GenBank acc. no. FJ425721) within the NS5 gene of the 24 WNV sequences included in Figure 1 and additional 23 WNVs identified in Romania between 2011 and 2013.

Please note the distinct Eastern European lineage 2 WNV cluster consisting of Romanian and Russian sequences.