The common coot as sentinel species for the presence of West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses in Central Europe
Jazyk angličtina Země Anglie, Velká Británie Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
26412536
DOI
10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.08.002
PII: S0034-5288(15)30032-1
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Common coot, Culex spp., Fulica atra, Mosquito-borne viruses, Surveillance, Usutu virus, West Nile virus,
- MeSH
- Flavivirus izolace a purifikace MeSH
- infekce viry z čeledi Flaviviridae epidemiologie veterinární virologie MeSH
- nemoci ptáků epidemiologie virologie MeSH
- neutralizační testy MeSH
- ptáci virologie MeSH
- sentinelová surveillance MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika epidemiologie MeSH
We examined 146 common coots (Fulica atra) on fishponds in central Moravia, Czech Republic, for antibodies to West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) flaviviruses. Eighteen birds reacted in the plaque-reduction neutralization test against WNV; these WNV seropositive samples were then titrated in parallel against USUV and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) to exclude flavivirus cross-reactivity. Two birds (1.4% overall) had the highest titers against WNV while 9 birds (6.2% overall) were seropositive for USUV, and in 7 birds the infecting flavivirus could not be differentiated with certainty. Our results indicate that both WNV and USUV infections occur in common coots; these birds might serve as a 'sentinel' species indicating the presence of these viruses at fishpond and wetland habitats in Central Europe.
Comenius Museum Ornithological Station Přerov Czech Republic
Institute of Vertebrate Biology v v i Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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