Mortality of Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) Due to West Nile Virus Lineage 2

Zdenek Hubálek; Marcel Kosina; Ivo Rudolf; Jan Mendel; Petra Straková; Martin Tomešek

doi:10.1089/vbz.2018.2289

Mortality of Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) Due to West Nile Virus Lineage 2

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018 Nov;18(11):624-627. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2018.2289. Epub 2018 Jul 31.

Authors

Zdenek Hubálek¹, Marcel Kosina², Ivo Rudolf¹, Jan Mendel¹, Petra Straková¹, Martin Tomešek³

Affiliations

¹ 1 The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology , Brno, Czech Republic .
² 2 Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University , Brno, Czech Republic .
³ 3 Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University , Brno, Czech Republic .

PMID: 30063186
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2018.2289

Abstract

In 2017, we isolated and identified West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 from two dead captive goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), for the first time in the Czech Republic. Goshawk might serve as an early indicator species for the ongoing WNV emergence in several European countries.

Keywords: Flavivirus; West Nile virus; avian disease; birds; central Europe; raptors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild*
Bird Diseases / mortality
Bird Diseases / virology*
Falconiformes*
Phylogeny
West Nile Fever / mortality
West Nile Fever / veterinary*
West Nile Fever / virology
West Nile virus / genetics*