Evidence of West Nile Virus (WNV) Circulation in Wild Birds and WNV RNA Negativity in Mosquitoes of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania, 2016

Evidence of West Nile Virus (WNV) Circulation in Wild Birds and WNV RNA Negativity in Mosquitoes of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania, 2016

<b> </b>West Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic flavivirus whose transmission cycle in nature includes wild birds as amplifying hosts and ornithophilic mosquito vectors. Bridge vectors can transmit WNV to mammal species potentially causing West Nile Fever. Wild bird migration is a mode of WN...

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Main Authors: Ana Vasić, Luanda Elena Oșlobanu, Mihai Marinov, Luciana Alexandra Crivei, Ioana Alexandra Rățoi, Adriana Aniță, Dragoș Aniță, Alexandru Doroșencu, Vasile Alexe, Ștefan Răileanu, Predrag Simeunović, Cristian Raileanu, Elena Falcuța, Florian Liviu Prioteasa, Jovan Bojkovski, Ivan Pavlović, Alexander Mathis, Birke Andrea Tews, Gheorghe Savuţa, Eva Veronesi, Cornelia Silaghi, the SCOPES AMSAR training group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
West Nile virus
wild birds
VNT
ELISA
<i>Aedes</i> spp.
<i>Anopheles</i> spp.
Danube Delta
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/3/116

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