High susceptibility of magpie (Pica pica) to experimental infection with lineage 1 and 2 West Nile virus.

• Main Authors: Nereida Jiménez de Oya (Author), María-Cruz Camacho (Author), Ana-Belén Blázquez (Author), José-Francisc (Author), Juan-Carlos Saiz (Author), Ursula Höfle (Author), Estela Escribano-Romero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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West Nile virus (WNV), a zoonotic pathogen naturally transmitted by mosquitoes whose natural hosts are birds, has spread worldwide during the last few decades. Resident birds play an important role in flavivirus epidemiology, since they can serve as reservoirs and facilitate overwintering of the vir...