Results 1 to 10 of about 15,686 (136)

Evidence of West Nile Virus Infections in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) in the Netherlands, 2018-2021. [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT Introduction Orthoflaviviruses are emerging in Europe and have potential significant impact on animal and public health. Usutu virus (USUV) and West Nile virus (WNV) have been first detected in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2020, respectively. Wild boars (Sus scrofa) have been suggested as an interesting population to detect the circulation of ...
Streng K, de Freitas Costa E, van Oort S, der Honing RH, Bron G, Grøntvedt CA, van der Poel WHM, Hozé N, Counotte M.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Laboratory Assessment of Wastewater as Surveillance Tool for West Nile Virus, United States [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
West Nile virus (WNV) is the most common cause of domestic human arboviral infection in the contiguous United States. WNV surveillance across the United States is not comprehensive and is limited.
Jessica Spring, Audrey Long, Emily Davis, Shannon R. Matzinger, Allison Wheeler, Shelby L. Lyons, Daniel L. Jacobs, Rory Welsh, Jeffrey W. Mercante, Aaron C. Brault, Holly R. Hughes   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Mono-WNV and combined WNV/TBEV inactivated vaccine efficacy against a wide range of WNV and TBEV strains

Frontiers in Immunology
West Nile virus (WNV) is widespread throughout the world. Occasionally, it causes outbreaks of the West Nile fever (WNF) disease, which can lead to severe CNS damage or death.
Kseniia Tuchinskaia, Ivan Kholodilov, Galina Karganova   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

A screening for serum markers of arbovirus infections in healthy blood donors from the Volgograd Region

Инфекция и иммунитет, 2020
Volgograd region is considered to be endemic West Nile fever (WNF) area due to the established circulation of the West Nile virus (WNV) therein. Some previous independent studies examining samples collected on the territory of the Volgograd region ...
A. О. Negodenkoa, D. N. Luchinin, P. Sh. Konovalov, O. A. Pavlyukova, E. A. Skrynnikova, D. R. Prilepskaya, E. V. Molchanova, I. A. Barkova, D. V. Viktorov, A. V. Toporkov   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A chimeric vaccine protects farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus-induced skin lesions

npj Vaccines, 2023
West Nile virus (WNV) causes skin lesions in farmed crocodiles leading to the depreciation of the value of their hides and significant economic losses. However, there is no commercially available vaccine designed for use in crocodilians against WNV.
Gervais Habarugira, Jessica J. Harrison, Jasmin Moran, Willy W. Suen, Agathe M. G. Colmant, Jody Hobson-Peters, Sally R. Isberg, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Roy A. Hall   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

West Nile Virus Vaccination Protects against Usutu Virus Disease in Mice

Viruses, 2021
West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses that can cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. WNV and USUV circulate in both Africa and Europe and are closely related.
Rebecca Salgado, Seth A. Hawks, Francesca Frere, Ana Vázquez, Claire Y.-H. Huang, Nisha K. Duggal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of West Nile Virus and Sandfly-borne Phlebovirus Infections in Anatolia

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Arthropod-borne (arbo) viruses are trafinsmitted to the susceptible hosts by blood-feeding arthropods such as mosquitoes, sandflies and ticks. Arboviral infections have had a significant global public health impact during the last decades due to their ...
Koray Ergunay, Zeliha Kocak Tufan
doaj   +1 more source

Contrasted Epidemiological Patterns of West Nile Virus Lineages 1 and 2 Infections in France from 2015 to 2019

Pathogens, 2020
Since 2015, annual West Nile virus (WNV) outbreaks of varying intensities have been reported in France. Recent intensification of enzootic WNV circulation was observed in the South of France with most horse cases detected in 2015 (n = 49), 2018 (n = 13),
Cécile Beck, Isabelle Leparc Goffart, Florian Franke, Gaelle Gonzalez, Marine Dumarest, Steeve Lowenski, Yannick Blanchard, Pierrick Lucas, Xavier de Lamballerie, Gilda Grard, Guillaume André Durand, Stéphan Zientara, Jackie Tapprest, Grégory L’Ambert, Benoit Durand, Stéphanie Desvaux, Sylvie Lecollinet   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serologic Evidence for West Nile Virus Infection in Birds in the New York City Vicinity During an Outbreak in 1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
As part of an investigation of an encephalitis outbreak in New York City, we sampled 430 birds, representing 18 species in four orders, during September 13-23, 1999, in Queens and surrounding counties.
Nicholas Komar, Nicholas A. Panella, Joseph E. Burns, Stephen W. Dusza, Tina M. Mascarenhas, Thomas O. Talbot   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infection with Non-Lethal West Nile Virus Eg101 Strain Induces Immunity that Protects Mice against the Lethal West Nile Virus NY99 Strain

Viruses, 2014
Herein we demonstrate that infection of mice with West Nile virus (WNV) Eg101 provides protective immunity against lethal challenge with WNV NY99. Our data demonstrated that WNV Eg101 is largely non-virulent in adult mice when compared to WNV NY99.
Mukesh Kumar, Maile O'Connell, Madhuri Namekar, Vivek R. Nerurkar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source