TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of West Nile virus lineage 2 in North-Eastern Spain (Catalonia)
AU - Busquets, Núria
AU - Laranjo-González, Minerva
AU - Soler, Mercè
AU - Nicolás, Olga
AU - Rivas, Raquel
AU - Talavera, Sandra
AU - Villalba, Rubén
AU - San Miguel, Elena
AU - Torner, Núria
AU - Aranda, Carles
AU - Napp, Sebastian
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - © 2018 The Authors. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases published by Blackwell Verlag GmbH. In September 2017, West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 was detected in Catalonia (Northern Spain) in northern goshawks by passive surveillance. The phylogenetic analyses showed that it was related to the Central/Southern European strains, evidencing WNV lineage 2 spread to Western Europe. WNV local transmission was later detected in bearded vultures housed at the Wildlife Recovery center where the goshawk was transferred to. Further studies, before the following period of high mosquito activity, indicated that WNV had circulated intensively in poultry and horses but only surrounding of the area where the virus was detected. In other areas of Catalonia, circulation of flaviviruses different to WNV was identified. Public Health investigations failed to detect WNV infection in humans.
AB - © 2018 The Authors. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases published by Blackwell Verlag GmbH. In September 2017, West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 was detected in Catalonia (Northern Spain) in northern goshawks by passive surveillance. The phylogenetic analyses showed that it was related to the Central/Southern European strains, evidencing WNV lineage 2 spread to Western Europe. WNV local transmission was later detected in bearded vultures housed at the Wildlife Recovery center where the goshawk was transferred to. Further studies, before the following period of high mosquito activity, indicated that WNV had circulated intensively in poultry and horses but only surrounding of the area where the virus was detected. In other areas of Catalonia, circulation of flaviviruses different to WNV was identified. Public Health investigations failed to detect WNV infection in humans.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13086
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13086
M3 - Article
C2 - 30506625
VL - 66
SP - 617
EP - 621
ER -
