West Nile Virus: High Transmission Rate in North-Western European Mosquitoes Indicates Its Epidemic Potential and Warrants Increased Surveillance.

• Hoofdauteurs: Jelke J Fros (Auteur), Corinne Geertsema (Auteur), Chantal B Vogels (Auteur), Peter P Roosjen (Auteur), Anna-Bella Failloux (Auteur), Just M Vlak (Auteur), Constantianus J Koenraadt (Auteur), Willem Takken (Auteur), Gorben P Pijlman (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:West Nile virus (WNV) is a highly pathogenic flavivirus transmitted by Culex spp. mosquitoes. In North America (NA), lineage 1 WNV caused the largest outbreak of neuroinvasive disease to date, while a novel pathogenic lineage 2 strain circulates in southern Europe. To estimate WNV lineage...