Publication details
West Nile virus outbreak in captive and wild raptors, Czech Republic, 2018
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zoonoses and Public Health |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zph.12638 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12638 |
| Keywords | Accipiter gentilis; Czechland; Flavivirus; goshawk; raptors; West Nile virus mortality |
| Description | West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) was detected in the brain of 17 goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) that succumbed to neuroinvasive disease in the Czech Republic during 2018: twelve birds were captive and five wild. Furthermore, two wild sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus) and three other captive birds of prey (golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, hybrid saker falcon Falco cherrug x F. rusticolus and Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus) also died due to WNV encephalitis. The 2018 outbreak in Czech raptors clearly reflects a new epidemiological situation and indicates an increasing risk of both raptor and human infection with WNV-2 in the country. |