Nucleic Acid Preservation Card Surveillance Is Effective for Monitoring Arbovirus Transmission on Crocodile Farms and Provides a One Health Benefit to Northern Australia

Nucleic Acid Preservation Card Surveillance Is Effective for Monitoring Arbovirus Transmission on Crocodile Farms and Provides a One Health Benefit to Northern Australia

The Kunjin strain of West Nile virus (WNV<sub>KUN</sub>) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that can infect farmed saltwater crocodiles in Australia and cause skin lesions that devalue the hides of harvested animals. We implemented a surveillance system using honey-baited nucleic acid...

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Main Authors: Nina Kurucz, Jamie Lee McMahon, Allan Warchot, Glen Hewitson, Jean Barcelon, Frederick Moore, Jasmin Moran, Jessica J. Harrison, Agathe M. G. Colmant, Kyran M. Staunton, Scott A. Ritchie, Michael Townsend, Dagmar Meyer Steiger, Roy A. Hall, Sally R. Isberg, Sonja Hall-Mendelin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
mosquitoes
Kunjin virus
flaviviruses
surveillance
sentinel chickens
FTA<sup>TM</sup> cards
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/6/1342

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