Rapid assessment of West Nile virus circulation in a German zoo based on honey-baited FTA cards in combination with box gravid traps

• Published in: Parasites & Vectors
• Main Authors: Fynmore, Noelle, Lühken, Renke, Maisch, Heike, Risch, Tina, Merz, Sabine, Kliemke, Konstantin, Ziegler, Ute, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Becker, Norbert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arbovirus; Female [MeSH]; Public health; West Nile virus/genetics [MeSH]; Feeding Behavior [MeSH]; Dipteran vectors and associated diseases; West Nile virus; Culicidae; RNA; Viral/isolation; Surveillance; Animals [MeSH]; Specimen Handling/instrumentation [MeSH]; Specimen Handling/methods [MeSH]; Honey [MeSH]; Mosquito Vectors/virology [MeSH]; Saliva; Research; Germany [MeSH]; West Nile Fever/transmission [MeSH]; Mosquito Vectors/physiology [MeSH]; Veterinary health; West Nile virus/isolation; Flinders; Cummings; Nyctea scandiaca
• Online Access: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6465654; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04951-8; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8419893/

BACKGROUND: For over a decade, monitoring of West Nile virus (WNV) in Germany has consisted of a bird monitoring programme as well as a mosquito-based surveillance programme employing CO₂-baited encephalitis vector surveillance (EVS) traps for mass trapping and screening of mosquitoes. In contrast t...