First Record of Mosquito-Borne Kyzylagach Virus in Central Europe.

Authors :: Šikutová S
Dočkal P
Straková P
Mendel J
Šebesta O
Betášová L
Blažejová H
Hubálek Z
Rudolf I
Source :: Viruses [Viruses] 2020 Dec 16; Vol. 12 (12). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 16.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: RNA of Kyzylagach virus (KYZV), a Sindbis-like mosquito-borne alphavirus from Western equine encephalitis virus complex, was detected in four pools (out of 221 pools examined), encompassing 10,784 female Culex modestus mosquitoes collected at a fishpond in south Moravia, Czech Republic, with a minimum infection rate of 0.04%. This alphavirus was never detected in Central Europe before.