Survey of West Nile and Banzi Viruses in Mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011-2018.

Autor: MacIntyre C, Guarido MM, Riddin MA, Johnson T, Braack L, Schrama M, Gorsich E, Almeida APG, Venter M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2023 Jan; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 164-169.
DOI: 10.3201/eid2901.220036
Abstrakt: We collected >40,000 mosquitoes from 5 provinces in South Africa during 2011-2018 and screened for zoonotic flaviviruses. We detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes from conservation and periurban sites and potential new mosquito vectors; Banzi virus was rare. Our results suggest flavivirus transmission risks are increasing in South Africa.
Databáze: MEDLINE