First Record of Mosquito-Borne Kyzylagach Virus in Central Europe |
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| Authors: | Silvie Š ikutová ,Patrik Doč kal,Petra Straková ,Jan Mendel,Oldř ich Š ebesta,Lenka Betá š ová ,Hana Blaž ejová ,Zdeně k Hubá lek,Ivo Rudolf |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Květná 8, CZ-60365 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.Š.); (P.D.); (P.S.); (J.M.); (O.Š.); (L.B.); (H.B.); (Z.H.);2.Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, CZ-62100 Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | RNA of Kyzylagach virus (KYZV), a Sindbis-like mosquito-borne alphavirus from Western equine encephalitis virus complex, was detected in four pools (out of 221 pools examined), encompassing 10,784 female Culex modestus mosquitoes collected at a fishpond in south Moravia, Czech Republic, with a minimum infection rate of 0.04%. This alphavirus was never detected in Central Europe before. |
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| Keywords: | alphaviruses Sindbis mosquito Culex modestus arboviruses reedbeds |
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