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Reconstruction of the Evolutionary History and Dispersal of Usutu Virus, a Neglected Emerging Arbovirus in Europe and Africa
- D. Engel, H. Jöst, +12 authors J. Schmidt‐Chanasit
- Medicine, Biology
- mBio
- 2 February 2016
ABSTRACT Usutu virus (USUV), one of the most neglected Old World encephalitic flaviviruses, causes epizootics among wild and captive birds and sporadic infection in humans. The dynamics of USUV… Expand
Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016
- D. Cadar, R. Lühken, +18 authors J. Schmidt-Chanasit
- Biology, Medicine
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les…
- 26 January 2017
In the summer of 2016, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands reported widespread Usutu virus (USUV) activity based on live and dead bird surveillance. The causative USUV strains represented… Expand
Field evaluation of four widely used mosquito traps in Central Europe
- R. Lühken, W. Pfitzner, +8 authors A. Krueger
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasites & Vectors
- 12 June 2014
BackgroundTo monitor adult mosquitoes several trapping devices are available. These are differently constructed and use various mechanisms for mosquito attraction, thus resulting in different… Expand
Repeated introduction of Aedes albopictus into Germany, July to October 2012
- N. Becker, M. Geier, +10 authors E. Tannich
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasitology Research
- 1 April 2013
During a small-scale surveillance project to identify possible routes of entry for invasive mosquitoes into Germany, 14 adult Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) were discovered between July and… Expand
Spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in nine European countries
- A. C. Cuéllar, L. J. Kjær, +36 authors R. Bødker
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasites & Vectors
- 27 February 2018
BackgroundBiting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of bluetongue virus (BTV), African horse sickness virus and Schmallenberg virus (SBV). Outbreaks of both BTV and… Expand
West Nile virus epizootic in Germany, 2018
- U. Ziegler, R. Lühken, +13 authors M. Groschup
- Geography, Medicine
- Antiviral research
- 1 February 2019
ABSTRACT The summer of 2018 in Germany was the second hottest and driest on record. These generally extremely favorable climatic conditions most likely triggered the further expansion and the… Expand
Host-feeding patterns of mosquito species in Germany
- J. Börstler, H. Jöst, +5 authors R. Lühken
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasites & Vectors
- 3 June 2016
BackgroundMosquito-borne pathogens are of growing importance in many countries of Europe including Germany. At the same time, the transmission cycles of most mosquito-borne pathogens (e.g. viruses or… Expand
Experimental transmission of Zika virus by Aedes japonicus japonicus from southwestern Germany
- S. Jansen, A. Heitmann, +5 authors E. Tannich
- Biology, Medicine
- Emerging Microbes & Infections
- 28 November 2018
The invasive mosquito species Aedes japonicus japonicus (Ae. japonicus) is widely distributed in Central Europe and is a known vector of various arboviruses in the laboratory, including flaviviruses… Expand
Experimental transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes from central Europe
- A. Heitmann, S. Jansen, +7 authors E. Tannich
- Biology, Medicine
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les…
- 12 January 2017
Mosquitoes collected in Germany in 2016, including Culex pipiens pipiens biotype pipiens, Culex torrentium and Aedes albopictus, as well as Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus (in colony since… Expand
West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Monitoring of Wild Birds in Germany
- F. Michel, D. Fischer, +10 authors U. Ziegler
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of environmental research…
- 1 January 2018
By systematically setting up a unique nation-wide wild bird surveillance network, we monitored migratory and resident birds for zoonotic arthropod-borne virus infections, such as the flaviviruses… Expand