West Nile Virus in Overwintering Culex Mosquitoes, New York City, 2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases

关键词: Arbovirus;    Flavivirus;    West Nile virus;    Culex pipiens;    overwinter;    United States;   

DOI  :  10.3201/eid0704.017426

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 overwintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus were found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx. pipiens may be important in the maintenance of WN virus in the northeastern United States.

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