Serosurvey of West Nile virus and other flaviviruses of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex in birds from Andalusia, southern Spain.

@article{GarcaBocanegra2011SerosurveyOW,
  title={Serosurvey of West Nile virus and other flaviviruses of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex in birds from Andalusia, southern Spain.},
  author={Ignacio Garc{\'i}a‐Bocanegra and N{\'u}ria Busquets and Sebasti{\'a}n Napp and Ana Alba and Irene Zorrilla and Rub{\'e}n Villalba and Antonio Jos{\'e} Arenas},
  journal={Vector borne and zoonotic diseases},
  year={2011},
  volume={11 8},
  pages={
          1107-13
        }
}
Flaviviruses of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) antigenic complex, including West Nile virus (WNV), are recognized as emerging and reemerging pathogens. Circulation of flaviviruses has been recently detected in different mosquito and vertebrate species in several European countries. A serosurvey study was carried out to evaluate the circulation of WNV and other flaviviruses of the JEV antigenic complex in different wild bird species in Spain between 2006 and 2009. Seropositiviy against… 
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