West Nile virus surveillance using sentinel birds: results of eleven years of testing in corvids in a region of northern Italy

The natural transmission cycle of West Nile virus (WNV) involves birds as primary hosts and mosquitoes as vectors, but this virus can spread to mammals, human beings included. Asymptomatic infected donors pose a risk to the safety of blood transfusions and organ transplants, as WNV can be transmitte...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Main Authors:	Marco Tamba, Paolo Bonilauri, Giorgio Galletti, Gabriele Casadei, Annalisa Santi, Arianna Rossi, Mattia Calzolari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-05-01
Subjects:	active surveillance magpie (Pica pica) hooded crow (Corvus cornix) Corvidae West Nile virus
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1407271/full