Usefulness of Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica) for West Nile virus Surveillance in Non-Endemic and Endemic Situations
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Autor/a
Montalvo, Tomás
Piñol-Baena, César
Gómez-Martín, Maria Belén
Nicolás-Francisco, Olga
Soler, Mercè
Busquets, Núria
Data de publicació
2019-08-05ISSN
1999-4915
Resum
In September 2017, passive surveillance allowed the detection of West Nile virus (WNV)
lineage 2 for the first time in northern Spain in a northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). However,
a cross sectional study carried out in Eurasian magpies (Pica pica) in a nearby area evidenced that
WNV had been circulating two months earlier. Therefore, active surveillance in Eurasian magpies
proved its effectiveness for the early detection of WNV in a non-endemic area. Further surveys in 2018
and the beginning of 2019 using young magpies (i.e., born after 2017) showed the repeated circulation
of WNV in the same region in the following transmission season. Therefore, active surveillance in
Eurasian magpies as well proved to be useful for the detection of WNV circulation in areas that may
be considered as endemic. In this manuscript we present the results of those studies and discuss
reasons that make the Eurasian magpies an ideal species for the surveillance of WNV, both in endemic
and non-endemic areas.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
619 - Veterinària
Pàgines
10
Publicat per
MDPI
Publicat a
Viruses
Citació
Napp, Sebastian, Tomás Montalvo, César Piñol-Baena, Maria Belén Gómez-Martín, Olga Nicolás-Francisco, Mercè Soler, and Núria Busquets. 2019. "Usefulness Of Eurasian Magpies (Pica Pica) For West Nile Virus Surveillance In Non-Endemic And Endemic Situations". Viruses 11 (8): 716. MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/v11080716.
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