Winter Activity and Aboveground Hybridization Between the Two Biotypes of the West Nile Virus Vector Culex pipiens
Vogels CB, van de Peppel LJ, van Vliet AJ, Westenberg M, Ibañez-Justicia A, Stroo A, Buijs JA, Visser TM, Koenraadt CJ. Winter Activity and Aboveground Hybridization Between the Two Biotypes of the West Nile Virus Vector Culex pipiens. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2015, 15: 619-626. PMID: 26394124, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWest Nile Virus: High Transmission Rate in North-Western European Mosquitoes Indicates Its Epidemic Potential and Warrants Increased Surveillance
Fros JJ, Geertsema C, Vogels CB, Roosjen PP, Failloux AB, Vlak JM, Koenraadt CJ, Takken W, Pijlman GP. West Nile Virus: High Transmission Rate in North-Western European Mosquitoes Indicates Its Epidemic Potential and Warrants Increased Surveillance. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015, 9: e0003956. PMID: 26225555, PMCID: PMC4520649, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCulexEpidemicsEuropeHumansPopulation SurveillanceSalivaTemperatureWest Nile FeverWest Nile virusConceptsWest Nile virusEpidemic potentialLineage 1 West Nile VirusInfectious blood mealFurther epidemic spreadLineage 2 West Nile virusNeuroinvasive diseaseIntrathoracic injectionEuropean mosquitoesPathogenic flavivirusesInfection rateVirus activityLarge outbreakVirus disseminationWNV infection ratesNile virusWNV activityWNV lineagesBlood mealVector competenceInfectionCulex pipiens mosquitoesWNV transmissionEpidemic spreadDisease-free regions