West Nile virus studies in the Sanliurfa Province of Turkey

We attempted to isolate West Nile virus from mosquitoes collected in the field for the first time in Turkey. A total of 6, 457 mosquito specimens from Culex pipiens Linnaeus, Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas) and Aedes spp. species were included in this study. Culex pipiens samples made up 56% of the to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vector ecology 2007-12, Vol.32 (2), p.202-206
Hauptverfasser:	Özer, Nurdan, Ergünay, Koray, Simsek, Fatih, Kaynas, Sinan, Alten, Bülent, Caglar, Selim S, Ustacelebi, Semsettin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Animals Antibodies, Viral - blood arboviruses Cercopithecus aethiops Culicidae - virology Female Humans Immunoglobulin G - blood Insect Vectors - virology Male Middle Aged Mosquitoes RNA, Viral - analysis Seroepidemiologic Studies Turkey Turkey - epidemiology Vero Cells Viral Plaque Assay West Nile Fever - blood West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile virus West Nile virus - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We attempted to isolate West Nile virus from mosquitoes collected in the field for the first time in Turkey. A total of 6, 457 mosquito specimens from Culex pipiens Linnaeus, Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas) and Aedes spp. species were included in this study. Culex pipiens samples made up 56% of the total species, O. caspius 24% and Aedes spp 20%. There were no positive results after studying mosquito samples using Real-time PCR, VecTest, and Vero cell culture. In serological tests of 181 human serum samples, 29 (16%) were found to be West Nile positive. On the basis of these results, we intend to collect more mosquito samples especially from those areas from which positive serum samples were obtained.
ISSN:	1081-1710 1948-7134
DOI:	10.3376/1081-1710%282007%2932%5B202%3AWNVSIT%5D2.0.CO%3B2