1. Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat ( Curruca communis ) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020.
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Sikkema RS, Schrama M, van den Berg T, Morren J, Munger E, Krol L, van der Beek JG, Blom R, Chestakova I, van der Linden A, Boter M, van Mastrigt T, Molenkamp R, Koenraadt CJ, van den Brand JM, Oude Munnink BB, Koopmans MP, and van der Jeugd H
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- Animals, Birds, Culicidae virology, Host-Parasite Interactions, Netherlands epidemiology, RNA, Viral genetics, RNA, Viral isolation & purification, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sentinel Surveillance veterinary, Species Specificity, West Nile Fever epidemiology, West Nile Fever virology, West Nile virus classification, Culex virology, West Nile Fever veterinary, West Nile virus genetics, West Nile virus isolation & purification
- Abstract
On 22 August, a common whitethroat in the Netherlands tested positive for West Nile virus lineage 2. The same bird had tested negative in spring. Subsequent testing of Culex mosquitoes collected in August and early September in the same location generated two of 44 positive mosquito pools, providing first evidence for enzootic transmission in the Netherlands. Sequences generated from the positive mosquito pools clustered with sequences that originate from Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
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- 2020
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