Vector competence of European mosquitoes for West Nile virus

West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus of high medical and veterinary importance. The main vectors for WNV are mosquito species of the Culex genus that transmit WNV among birds, and occasionally to humans and horses, which are ‘dead-end’ hosts. Recently, several studies have been pub...

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Main Authors: Chantal BF Vogels, Giel P Göertz, Gorben P Pijlman, Constantianus JM Koenraadt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2017.82