Short communication. Further evidence of lineage 2 West Nile Virus in Culex pipiens of North-Eastern Italy

Short communication. Further evidence of lineage 2 West Nile Virus in Culex pipiens of North-Eastern Italy

West Nile Virus lineage 1 (WNV lin1) emerged in North-Eastern Italy in 2008 and, since then, it has been detected in animals, humans and mosquitoes. Three years later, in the same area, a lineage 2 (lin2) strain of WNV was found in birds and vectors. On August the 21st, during the 2012 WNV entomolog...

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Main Authors: Gioia Capelli, Silvia Ravagnan, Fabrizio Montarsi, Silvia Ciocchetta, Stefania Cazzin, Lebana Bonfanti, Annapia Di Gennaro, Ottavio Portanti, Paolo Mulatti, Isabella Monne, Giovanni Cattoli, Giorgio Cester, Francesca Russo, Giovanni Savini, Stefano Marangon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 2013-09-01
Series:Veterinaria Italiana
Subjects:
Culex pipiens
Mosquitoes
NS3
NS5
Surveillance
Virulence
West Nile virus lineage 2
Online Access:http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2013/49_3/VetIt_1304_02.pdf

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