Detection of West Nile virus in six mosquito species in synchrony with seroconversion among sentinel chickens in India
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- 作者：Siraj A. Khan ; Purvita Chowdhury ; Parveena Choudhury ; Prafulla Dutta
- 关键词：West Nile virus ; Lineage 5 ; Mosquito vectors ; Culex pseudovishnui ; Mansonia uniformis ; Sentinel chickens
- 刊名：Parasites & Vectors
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：703KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Entomology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Virology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-3305
- 卷排序：10
文摘
BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic flavivirus maintained in mosquito-bird transmission cycle. Although humans are accidental hosts, fatal outcomes following WNV infection have been reported from India. Studies have identified WNV as an important etiological agent causing acute encephalitis syndrome in Assam, Northeast India. While circulation of WNV is evident, the role of vectors and avian hosts involved in the transmission remains unclear. In this study we identified local mosquito species for evidence of WNV infection along with seroconversion among sentinel chickens.