Ecological Surveillance for West Nile in Catalonia (Spain), Learning from a Five-Year Period of Follow-up

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作者
Alba, A. [1 ]
Allepuz, A. [1 ,2 ]
Napp, S. [1 ]
Soler, M. [3 ]
Selga, I. [3 ]
Aranda, C. [4 ]
Casal, J. [1 ,2 ]
Pages, N. [1 ]
Hayes, E. B. [5 ,6 ]
Busquets, N. [1 ]
机构
[1] CReSA, Bellaterra, Spain
[2] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Sanitat & Anat Anim, Bellaterra, Spain
[3] Generalitat Catalunya, Dept Agr Ramaderia Pesca Alimentacio & Medi Nat, Barcelona, Spain
[4] Serv Control Mosquits Consell Comarcal Baix Llobr, Barcelona, Spain
[5] Barcelona Inst Global Hlth ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
[6] Barcelona Ctr Int Hlth Res CRESIB, Barcelona, Spain
关键词
flaviviruses; Catalonia; West Nile virus; Spain; ecological surveillance component; SOUTHERN FRANCE; CULEX-PIPIENS; UNITED-STATES; VIRUS-DISEASE; SEROSURVEY; HORSES; FLAVIVIRUSES; TRANSMISSION; BIRDS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;
D O I
10.1111/zph.12048
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
To enhance early detection of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission, an integrated ecological surveillance system was implemented in Catalonia (north-eastern Spain) from 2007 to 2011. This system incorporated passive and active equine surveillance, periodical testing of chicken sentinels in wetland areas, serosurveillance wild birds and testing of adult mosquitoes. Samples from 298 equines, 100 sentinel chickens, 1086 wild birds and 39599 mosquitoes were analysed. During these 5years, no acute WNV infection was detected in humans or domestic animal populations in Catalonia. WNV was not detected in mosquitoes either. Nevertheless, several seroconversions in resident and migrant wild birds indicate that local WNV or other closely related flaviviruses transmission was occurring among bird populations. These data indicate that bird and mosquito surveillance can detect otherwise silent transmission of flaviviruses and give some insights regarding possible avian hosts and vectors in a European setting.
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