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Detection of West Nile virus and insect-specific flavivirus RNA in Culex mosquitoes, central Macedonia, Greece.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Sept 2014
Papa Anna, Papadopoulou Elpida, Kalaitzopoulou Stella, Tsioka Katerina, Mourelatos Spiros
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BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) emerged in central Macedonia, northern Greece, in 2010. The aim of the study was to test Culex mosquitoes for genetic detection of WNV and other flaviviruses, and to check whether the detection of WNV in mosquitoes was correlated with the occurrence of human WNV cases. METHODS: During 2013, 25 780 Culex spp. mosquitoes were collected from central Macedonia, grouped into 295...
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