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First serological evidence of West Nile virus among equines and birds in Kosovo, 2018-2019

2020-04-06

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<h4>Background: </h4> This study was conducted to survey the presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Kosovo by serological testing of apparently healthy local horses and attempts to detect viral nucleic acid in birds and mosquitoes. <h4>Methods:</h4> Between January 2018 and June 2019, 260 equine serum samples were collected, additionally 580 adult mosquitoes (53 pools) grouped in for genera, including Culex spp. (22...

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Literature Corpus work: 48987121-f367-5d58-ac12-bdc4dbfeb471
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.22635/v2

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