Comparative Usutu and West Nile virus transmission potential by local Culex pipiens mosquitoes in north-western Europe

One Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-36

  Fros, Jelke J ^a   Miesen, Pascal ^b   Vogels, Chantal B ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^c   Sambri, Vittorio ^d   Martina, Byron E ^e,f   Koenraadt, Constantianus J ^a   van Rij, Ronald P ^b   Vlak, Just M ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Pijlman, Gorben P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Unit of Clinical Microbiology Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Artemis One Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiviral RNAi; Culex pipiens; Mosquitoes; Transmission; Usutu virus; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941958419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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