West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe
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After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 overwintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus were found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx. pipiens may be important in the maintenance of WN virus in the northeastern United States.
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasites & Vectors
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1756-3305
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2399-7