Wild snakes harbor West Nile virus

West Nile virus (WNV) has a complex eco-epidemiology with birds acting as reservoirs and hosts for the virus. Less well understood is the role of reptiles, especially in wild populations. The goal of our study was to determine whether a wild population of snakes in Pennsylvania harbored WNV. Six spe...

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Autores principales: Dahlin, C.R., Hughes, D.F., Meshaka, W.E., Coleman, C., Henning, J.D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.09.003
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author Dahlin, C.R.
Hughes, D.F.
Meshaka, W.E.
Coleman, C.
Henning, J.D.
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description West Nile virus (WNV) has a complex eco-epidemiology with birds acting as reservoirs and hosts for the virus. Less well understood is the role of reptiles, especially in wild populations. The goal of our study was to determine whether a wild population of snakes in Pennsylvania harbored WNV. Six species of snakes were orally sampled in the summer of 2013 and were tested for the presence of WNV viral RNA using RT-PCR. Two Eastern Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis tested positive for viral RNA (2/123, 1.62%). These results indicate a possible role for snakes in the complex transmission cycle of WNV.
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spelling pubmed-54413592017-06-14 Wild snakes harbor West Nile virus Dahlin, C.R. Hughes, D.F. Meshaka, W.E. Coleman, C. Henning, J.D. One Health Short Communication West Nile virus (WNV) has a complex eco-epidemiology with birds acting as reservoirs and hosts for the virus. Less well understood is the role of reptiles, especially in wild populations. The goal of our study was to determine whether a wild population of snakes in Pennsylvania harbored WNV. Six species of snakes were orally sampled in the summer of 2013 and were tested for the presence of WNV viral RNA using RT-PCR. Two Eastern Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis tested positive for viral RNA (2/123, 1.62%). These results indicate a possible role for snakes in the complex transmission cycle of WNV. Elsevier 2016-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5441359/ /pubmed/28616487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.09.003 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wild snakes harbor West Nile virus
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