Serological evidence of West Nile virus circulation in Portugal

• Author(s): Barros C. S., Sílvia ; Fevereiro, Miguel
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4919
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): West Nile Virus; Flavivirus; WNV; Serosurvey
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The circulation of West Nile virus in Portugal was assessed by serological surveys conducted during 2004–2010 in horses and birds. The detection of WNV antibodies in both species in all the years covered by the study as well as the presence of anti-WNV IgM in symptomatic horses that had not traveled outside the country, support the notion that WNV circulates in Portugal.