Most cited article - PubMed ID 26309316
Isolation of Tahyna Virus (California Encephalitis Group) From Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera, Culicidae), a Mosquito Species New to, and Expanding in, Central Europe
The aim of this review is to follow the history of studies on endemiv arboviruses and the diseases they cause which were detected in the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (i.e., the Czech Republic)). The viruses involve tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses; the Sindbis alphavirus; Ťahyňa, Batai, Lednice and Sedlec bunyaviruses; the Uukuniemi phlebovirus; and the Tribeč orbivirus. Arboviruses temporarily imported from abroad to the Czech Republic have been omitted. This brief historical review includes a bibliography of all relevant papers.
- Keywords
- arthropods, birds, mammals, mosquitoes, ticks,
- MeSH
- Arbovirus Infections history MeSH
- Arboviruses physiology MeSH
- History, 20th Century MeSH
- History, 21st Century MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
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- History, 20th Century MeSH
- History, 21st Century MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Historical Article MeSH
- Review MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
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.
- Keywords
- Culex modestus, Sindbis, alphaviruses, arboviruses, mosquito, reedbeds,
- MeSH
- Culicidae virology MeSH
- Alphavirus Infections transmission virology MeSH
- Mosquito Vectors virology MeSH
- Sindbis Virus * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
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- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Europe epidemiology MeSH
We report the distribution of mosquitoes of the maculipennis complex in two distinct areas of the Czech Republic (Bohemia and South Moravia) and in one locality of neighbouring Slovakia with emphasis on the detection of the newly described cryptic species Anopheles daciae (Linton, Nicolescu & Harbach, 2004). A total of 691 mosquitoes were analysed using a species-specific multiplex PCR assay to differentiate between the members of the maculipennis complex. In the Czech Republic, we found Anopheles maculipennis (with a prevalence rate of 1.4%), Anopheles messeae (49.0%) and Anopheles daciae (49.6%). In Slovakia, only An. messeae (52.1%) and An. daciae (47.9%) were detected. In this study, An. daciae was documented for the first time in the two countries where it represented a markedly higher proportion of maculipennis complex species (with an overall prevalence almost reaching 50%) in comparison to previous reports from Germany, Romania and Poland. The determination of the differential distribution of maculipennis complex species will contribute to assessing risks of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria or dirofilariasis.
- Keywords
- Anopheles daciae, Anophelinae, Cryptic species, Maculipennis complex, Mosquitoes, Vector-borne diseases,
- MeSH
- Anopheles parasitology MeSH
- Culicidae parasitology MeSH
- Dirofilariasis epidemiology parasitology transmission MeSH
- Species Specificity MeSH
- Insect Vectors parasitology MeSH
- Malaria epidemiology parasitology transmission MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
- Slovakia epidemiology MeSH