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West Nile virus outbreak in captive and wild raptors, Czech Republic, 2018
Author(s) -
Hubálek Zdenek,
Tomešek Martin,
Kosina Marcel,
Šikutová Silvie,
Straková Petra,
Rudolf Ivo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/zph.12638
Subject(s) - accipiter , outbreak , zoology , czech , biology , predation , west nile virus , veterinary medicine , virology , geography , virus , ecology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
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 × 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.