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SUBMITTER: Rudolf I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5625652 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parasites & vectors 20171002 1
<h4>Background</h4>West Nile virus (WNV) is currently the most important mosquito-borne pathogen spreading in Europe. Data on overwintering of WNV in mosquitoes are crucial for understanding WNV circulation in Europe; nonetheless, such data were not available so far.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 28,287 hibernating mosquitoes [27,872 Culex pipiens, 73 Anopheles maculipennis (sensu lato), and 342 Culiseta annulata], caught in February or March between 2011 and 2017 in a WNV-endemic region of South Mo ...[more]