Detection of West Nile virus lineage 2 in North‐Eastern Spain (Catalonia)
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Author
Busquets, Núria
Laranjo‐González, Minerva
Soler, Mercè
Nicolás, Olga
Rivas, Raquel
Villalba, Rubén
San Miguel, Elena
Torner, Núria
Aranda, Carles
Publication date
2018-12-01ISSN
1865-1674
Abstract
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.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
619 - Veterinary science
Pages
5
Publisher
Wiley
Is part of
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Citation
Busquets, Núria, Minerva Laranjo‐González, Mercè Soler, Olga Nicolás, Raquel Rivas, Sandra Talavera, and Rubén Villalba et al. 2018. "Detection Of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 In North‐Eastern Spain (Catalonia)". Transboundary And Emerging Diseases 66 (2): 617-621. Wiley. doi:10.1111/tbed.13086.
Program
Sanitat Animal
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