West Nile virus outbreak in captive and wild raptors, Czech Republic, 2018
Abstract West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV‐2) was detected in the brain of 17 goshawks ( Accipiter gentilis ) that succumbed to neuroinvasive disease in the Czech Republic during 2018: twelve birds were captive and five wild. Furthermore, two wild sparrowhawks ( Accipiter nisus ) and three other captiv...
Published in: | Zoonoses and Public Health |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12638 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fzph.12638 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/zph.12638 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/zph.12638 |
Summary: | Abstract West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV‐2) was detected in the brain of 17 goshawks ( Accipiter gentilis ) that succumbed to neuroinvasive disease in the Czech Republic during 2018: twelve birds were captive and five wild. Furthermore, two wild sparrowhawks ( Accipiter nisus ) and three other captive birds of prey (golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos , hybrid saker falcon Falco cherrug × F. rusticolus and Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus ) also died due to WNV encephalitis. The 2018 outbreak in Czech raptors clearly reflects a new epidemiological situation and indicates an increasing risk of both raptor and human infection with WNV‐2 in the country. |
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