Overwintering of Uranotaenia Unguiculata Adult Females in Central Europe: A Possible Way of Persistence of the Putative New Lineage of West Nile Virus?

• Authors: RUDOLF Ivo; ŠEBESTA O; STRAKOVÁ Petra; BETÁŠOVÁ Lenka; BLAŽEJOVÁ Hana; VENCLÍKOVÁ Kristýna; SEIDEL Bernhard; TÓTH Sandor; HUBÁLEK Zdeněk; SCHAFFNER Francis
• Year of publication: 2015
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-the-american-mosquito-control-association/volume-31/issue-4/8756-971X-31.4.364/Overwintering-of-Uranotaenia-Unguiculata-Adult-Females-in-Central-Europe/10.2987/8756-971X-31.4.364.short
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X-31.4.364
• Keywords: Mosquito; mosquito-borne viruses; overwintering; Uranotaenia unguiculata; West Nile virus
• Description: We report the overwintering of Uranotaenia unguiculata adult females in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria). This finding suggests a potential mode of winter persistence of putative novel lineage of West Nile virus in the temperate regions of Europe.