West Nile virus outbreak in captive and wild raptors, Czech Republic, 2018

Zoonoses and Public Health
Z HubálekI Rudolf

Abstract

West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) was detected in the brain of 17 goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) that succumbed to neuroinvasive disease in the Czech Republic during 2018: twelve birds were captive and five wild. Furthermore, two wild sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus) and three other captive birds of prey (golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, hybrid saker falcon Falco cherrug × F. rusticolus and Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus) also died due to WNV encephalitis. The 2018 outbreak in Czech raptors clearly reflects a new epidemiological situation and indicates an increasing risk of both raptor and human infection with WNV-2 in the country.

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Jul 9, 2020·Viruses·Nataša KnapTatjana Avšič-Županc
Sep 25, 2020·Vaccines·Beatriz VidañaNicholas Johnson
Nov 28, 2021·Viruses·Zdenek Hubálek

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