RUDOLF, Ivo, Lenka BETÁŠOVÁ, Hana BLAŽEJOVÁ, Kristýna VENCLÍKOVÁ, Petra STRAKOVÁ, Oldřich SEBESTA, Jan MENDEL, Tamas BAKONYI, Francis SCHAFFNER, Norbert NOWOTNY and Zdeněk HUBÁLEK. West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe. PARASITES and VECTORS. LONDON: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2017, vol. 10, No 1, p. 1-4. ISSN 1756-3305. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2399-7.
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Original name West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe
Authors RUDOLF, Ivo (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lenka BETÁŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Hana BLAŽEJOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Kristýna VENCLÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Petra STRAKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Oldřich SEBESTA (203 Czech Republic), Jan MENDEL (203 Czech Republic), Tamas BAKONYI (348 Hungary), Francis SCHAFFNER (756 Switzerland), Norbert NOWOTNY (40 Austria) and Zdeněk HUBÁLEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition PARASITES and VECTORS, LONDON, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2017, 1756-3305.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.163
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00102183
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2399-7
UT WoS 000412091000002
Keywords in English West Nile fever; West Nile virus; Flavivirus; Hibernation; Overwintering; Culex pipiens; Anopheles maculipennis; Culiseta annulata; Czech Republic
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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. 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.
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