West Nile virus: already 5 birds died
09/23/18
West Nile viruses have been discovered in five birds that have died in Germany. The virus can also be transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
Dresden / Berlin - With the detection of West Nile virus (WNV) in a hawk in Saxony, the pathogen has now been discovered in five birds in Germany.
In addition to the current two cases from Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria have been registered, said a spokeswoman for the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI). Due to increased examinations, further cases in the coming weeks are not excluded.
A few weeks ago , the virus was detected in a decayed bearded owl from the Halle / Saale Zoo (Saxony-Anhalt) . It was the first confirmed West Nile case of a bird in Germany at all.
Samples of dead wild birds sent to the National Reference Laboratory for West Nile Virus Infections at the FLI are always screened for the Usutu virus and the West Nile virus.
The Usutu virus, like the West Nile virus, is transmitted by mosquitoes to wild birds. It has been increasingly detected in wild birds in recent weeks, but unlike the West Nile virus, it is not required to report and notify.
09/23/18
West Nile viruses have been discovered in five birds that have died in Germany. The virus can also be transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
Dresden / Berlin - With the detection of West Nile virus (WNV) in a hawk in Saxony, the pathogen has now been discovered in five birds in Germany.
In addition to the current two cases from Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria have been registered, said a spokeswoman for the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI). Due to increased examinations, further cases in the coming weeks are not excluded.
A few weeks ago , the virus was detected in a decayed bearded owl from the Halle / Saale Zoo (Saxony-Anhalt) . It was the first confirmed West Nile case of a bird in Germany at all.
Samples of dead wild birds sent to the National Reference Laboratory for West Nile Virus Infections at the FLI are always screened for the Usutu virus and the West Nile virus.
The Usutu virus, like the West Nile virus, is transmitted by mosquitoes to wild birds. It has been increasingly detected in wild birds in recent weeks, but unlike the West Nile virus, it is not required to report and notify.
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