Lack of evidence for the presence of Schmallenberg virus in mosquitoes in Germany, 2011

BACKGROUND: In 2011, a novel orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup was discovered near the German-Dutch border and named Schmallenberg virus (SBV). So far, SBV genome has been detected in various field-collected Culicoides species; however, other members of the Simbu serogroup are also transmitted...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wernike, Kerstin, Jöst, Hanna, Becker, Norbert, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Beer, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25174354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-402
Descripción
Sumario:BACKGROUND: In 2011, a novel orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup was discovered near the German-Dutch border and named Schmallenberg virus (SBV). So far, SBV genome has been detected in various field-collected Culicoides species; however, other members of the Simbu serogroup are also transmitted by mosquitoes. FINDINGS: In the present study, approximately 50,000 mosquitoes of various species were collected during summer and early autumn 2011 in Germany. None of them tested positive in an SBV-specific real-time PCR. CONCLUSIONS: The absence of SBV in mosquitoes caught in 2011 in Germany suggests that they play no or only a negligible role in the spread of the disease.

Ejemplares similares