SENTINEL SUVEILLANCE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN CULICIDES AND DOMESTIC BIRDS IN CÓRDOBA

Journal Title: Revista MVZ Cordoba - Year 2005, Vol 10, Issue 2

Abstract

West Nile Virus (WNV) genus flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, is maintained in nature in an enzootic cycle mosquitobird- mosquito. Birds are the main amplifying hosts. Humans and horses are incidental dead-end hosts. In humans it yields a self-limited febrile disease; it can produce encephalitis and meningoencephalitis as well. WNV is wide spread in North America and its circulation has been documented in México, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadalupe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, El Salvador and recently Colombia. It was performed a sentinel surveillance in Culicides and domestic birds to follow-up WNV circulation in the department of Córdoba taking into account its circulation evidence in horses of this region and identifying mosquito species infected with the virus. 4.942 mosquitoes were assessed in 99 pools were assessed by Vec TesttTM (Medical System, Inc. Camarillo, CA) and 162 serums of domestic birds were analyzed by MAC-ELISA in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector- Borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, USA. Due to the crossed reactions among WNV and others virus of the Japonese Encephalitis, a plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) was used. There was not nor positive mosquitoes neither positives birds.

Authors and Affiliations

Manolo Jaramillo| Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico. Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia., José Peña| Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico. Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia., Luis Berrocal| Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico. Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia., Nicholas Komar| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Fort Collins, Colorado, USA., Marco González| Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico. Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia., César Ponce| Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Seccional Santa Marta, Colombia., Katiuska Ariza| Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Seccional Santa Marta, Colombia., Salim Máttar*| Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico. Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia.Correspondencia: smattar@escarsa.net.co

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Manolo Jaramillo, José Peña, Luis Berrocal, Nicholas Komar, Marco González, César Ponce, Katiuska Ariza, Salim Máttar* (2005). SENTINEL SUVEILLANCE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN CULICIDES AND DOMESTIC BIRDS IN CÓRDOBA. Revista MVZ Cordoba, 10(2), 0-0. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-3037