Overwintering of Uranotaenia Unguiculata Adult Females in Central Europe: A Possible Way of Persistence of the Putative New Lineage of West Nile Virus?

Ivo Rudolf; Oldřich Šebesta; Petra Straková; Lenka Betášová; Hana Blažejová; Kristýna VEnclíková; Bernhard Seidel; Sandor Tóth; Zdeněk Hubálek; Francis Schaffner

doi:10.2987/8756-971X-31.4.364

Overwintering of Uranotaenia Unguiculata Adult Females in Central Europe: A Possible Way of Persistence of the Putative New Lineage of West Nile Virus?

J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2015 Dec;31(4):364-5. doi: 10.2987/8756-971X-31.4.364.

Authors

Ivo Rudolf^{1

2}, Oldřich Šebesta¹, Petra Straková^{1

2}, Lenka Betášová¹, Hana Blažejová¹, Kristýna VEnclíková^{1

2}, Bernhard Seidel³, Sandor Tóth⁴, Zdeněk Hubálek^{1

2}, Francis Schaffner⁵

Affiliations

¹ 1 Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
² 2 Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Kotlarska 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic.
³ 3 Technical Office of Ecology and Landscape Assessment, Persenbeug, Austria.
⁴ 4 Independent researcher, 8420 Zirc, Hungary.
⁵ 5 Avia-GIS, Zoersel, Belgium.

PMID: 26675459
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X-31.4.364

Abstract

We report the overwintering of Uranotaenia unguiculata adult females in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria). This finding suggests a potential mode of winter persistence of putative novel lineage of West Nile virus in the temperate regions of Europe.

Keywords: Mosquito; Uranotaenia unguiculata; West Nile virus; mosquito-borne viruses; overwintering.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animals
Austria
Culicidae / physiology*
Czech Republic
Female
Hungary
Insect Vectors / physiology*
Seasons
West Nile virus / physiology*