West Nile virus reemergence in Romania, a serologic survey in host species WNV animal screening results in Romania

International audienceWest Nile virus presence in humans was signalled in Romania since the 50âs and the 1996 epidemics added new and more documented data of ait reemergence in the country. This study comes as a necessity to make more visible the results of serological surveys made on susceptible species, known as good sentinels and reservoir hosts. We present data from serological surveys conducted in the interval 2006-2011 intervals. These results correlated with other studies in animals and humans, should partially clarify the emergence of West Nile virus in the eastern rural territories of Romania and the possibility of a real endemisation of the infection, underlying certain risk zones in the country

West Nile virus reemergence in Romania, a serologic survey in host species WNV animal screening results in Romania

International audienceWest Nile virus presence in humans was signalled in Romania since the 50âs and the 1996 epidemics added new and more documented data of ait reemergence in the country. This study comes as a necessity to make more visible the results of serological surveys made on susceptible species, known as good sentinels and reservoir hosts. We present data from serological surveys conducted in the interval 2006-2011 intervals. These results correlated with other studies in animals and humans, should partially clarify the emergence of West Nile virus in the eastern rural territories of Romania and the possibility of a real endemisation of the infection, underlying certain risk zones in the country

West Nile Virus reemergence in Romania: a serologic survey in host species

International audienceThe presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in humans has been known in Romania since the 1950s; the 1996 epidemics emphasized the reemergence potential of WNV in Romania. Serological surveys made on susceptible species, known as good sentinels or reservoir hosts, e.g., horses, wild and domestic birds were undertaken from 2006-2011. Our results corroborated incidence data in human patients and other recent seroprevalence studies in animals, and should partially clarify the emergence of WNV in the eastern rural territories of Romania. It also highlighted risk zones for endemic WNV infection in Romania