The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran

BACKGROUND: West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arboviral infection continuing to be as major threat to human health as well as the livestock industry all around the world. Birds including pigeons are one of the potential reservoirs for WNV. This study aimed to detect the presence of WNV genome in feral pig...

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Autores principales: Staji, Hamid, Keyvanlou, Morteza, Geraili, Zeinab, Shahsavari, Hedyeh, Jafari, Elnaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8271231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277862
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v15i1.6492
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author Staji, Hamid
Keyvanlou, Morteza
Geraili, Zeinab
Shahsavari, Hedyeh
Jafari, Elnaz
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Keyvanlou, Morteza
Geraili, Zeinab
Shahsavari, Hedyeh
Jafari, Elnaz
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description BACKGROUND: West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arboviral infection continuing to be as major threat to human health as well as the livestock industry all around the world. Birds including pigeons are one of the potential reservoirs for WNV. This study aimed to detect the presence of WNV genome in feral pigeons circulating in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces (Iran) including 10 urban and 10 suburban areas. METHODS: Totally, 150 samples (brain and kidney) were collected equally from feral pigeons and the presence of WNV genome was evaluated in these samples after RNA extraction. RESULTS: All the samples were negative for the presence of WNV-RNA in this investigation. CONCLUSION: Although obtained result indicated no evidence of WNV genome in feral pigeons but complementary studies regarding serologic detection of WNV in vertebrate hosts as well as pigeons and identification of arthropod vectors seems necessary for comprehensive determination about infection status in these areas.
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spelling pubmed-82712312021-07-16 The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran Staji, Hamid Keyvanlou, Morteza Geraili, Zeinab Shahsavari, Hedyeh Jafari, Elnaz J Arthropod Borne Dis Short Communication BACKGROUND: West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arboviral infection continuing to be as major threat to human health as well as the livestock industry all around the world. Birds including pigeons are one of the potential reservoirs for WNV. This study aimed to detect the presence of WNV genome in feral pigeons circulating in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces (Iran) including 10 urban and 10 suburban areas. METHODS: Totally, 150 samples (brain and kidney) were collected equally from feral pigeons and the presence of WNV genome was evaluated in these samples after RNA extraction. RESULTS: All the samples were negative for the presence of WNV-RNA in this investigation. CONCLUSION: Although obtained result indicated no evidence of WNV genome in feral pigeons but complementary studies regarding serologic detection of WNV in vertebrate hosts as well as pigeons and identification of arthropod vectors seems necessary for comprehensive determination about infection status in these areas. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8271231/ /pubmed/34277862 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v15i1.6492 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Communication
Staji, Hamid
Keyvanlou, Morteza
Geraili, Zeinab
Shahsavari, Hedyeh
Jafari, Elnaz
The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title_full The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title_fullStr The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title_full_unstemmed The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title_short The First Study of West Nile Virus in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) Using Conventional Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Semnan and Khorasane-Razavi Provinces, Northeast of Iran
title_sort first study of west nile virus in feral pigeons (columba livia domestica) using conventional reverse transcriptase pcr in semnan and khorasane-razavi provinces, northeast of iran
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8271231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277862
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v15i1.6492
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