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West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe

dc.contributor.authorNowotny, Norbert
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-23T07:41:07Z
dc.date.available2021-03-23T07:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: West Nile virus (WNV) is currently the most important mosquito-borne pathogen spreading in Europe. Data on overwintering of WNV in mosquitoes are crucial for understanding WNV circulation in Europe; nonetheless, such data were not available so far. Results: A total of 28,287 hibernating mosquitoes [27,872 Culex pipiens, 73 Anopheles maculipennis (sensu lato), and 342 Culiseta annulata], caught in February or March between 2011 and 2017 in a WNV-endemic region of South Moravia, Czech Republic, were screened for the presence of WNV RNA. No WNV positive pools were found from 2011 to 2016, while lineage 2 WNV RNA was detected in three pools of Culex pipens mosquitoes collected in 2017 at two study sites. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first record of WNV RNA in overwintering mosquitoes in Europe. The data support the hypothesis of WNV persistence in mosquitoes throughout the winter season in Europe.en_US
dc.identifier.other204-2017.37
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.mbru.ac.ae/handle/1/210
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectWest Nile feveren_US
dc.subjectWest Nile virusen_US
dc.subjectFlavivirusen_US
dc.subjectHibernationen_US
dc.subjectOverwinteringen_US
dc.subjectCulex pipiensen_US
dc.subjectAnopheles maculipennisen_US
dc.subjectCuliseta annulataen_US
dc.subjectCzech Republicen_US
dc.titleWest Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublicationen_US

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