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Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium populations from Central Europe are susceptible to West Nile virus infection
29 Apr 2016
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV), a Flavivirus with an avian primary host, is already widespread in Europe and might also pose an infection risk to Germany, should competent mosquito vectors be present. Therefore, we analysed the ability of WNV to infect German Culex mosquitoes with special emphasis on field collected specimens of Culex torrentium and Culex pipiens biotype pipiens . We collected egg rafts of Culex...
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