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West Nile Virus
Reports on west nile virus findings from A.P.G. Almeida and co-researchers provide new insights
September 16th, 2008
"Circulation of West Nile virus in Portugal was demonstrated by serolgical surveys, and the virus was isolated in 1969 from Anopheles maculipennis s.t. A survey of the whole country was carried out (2001-2004) to assess the abundance of mosquito species and to screen them for arbovirus infection," scientists writing in the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene report. "A total of 770 collections yielded 32460 mosquitoes of 15 species. The regions with the highest abundance of mosquitoes were the coastal and estuarine districts of Santarem, Setubal and Faro.Culex pipiens s.l., An. maculipennis s.l, Cx. theileri and Ochlerotatus...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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