Phylogenetic Characteristics of West Nile Virus Isolated From Culex modestus Mosquitoes in West Kazakhstan

• Main Authors: Talgat Nurmakhanov (Author), Yerlan Sansyzbaev (Author), Boris Atshabar (Author), Vladimir Berlin (Author), Damir Kobzhasarov (Author), Olzhas Yeskhojayev (Author), Anna Vilkova (Author), Timur Ayazbayev (Author), Alexey Andryuchshenko (Author), Fyodor Bidashko (Author), John Hay (Author), Alexandr Shvetsov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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West Nile virus is widespread in southern Russia, where the fever appears annually. Since Western Kazakhstan borders on southern Russia, we examined mosquitoes in this region for the presence of West Nile virus. Virus was detected in a small proportion of Culex modestus mosquitoes (3/239 pools) and...