Journal
TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 687-690Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12676
Keywords
chicken eggs; Germany; maternal antibodies; surveillance; West Nile virus
Funding
- German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) through the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) [2819104315]
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ObjectiveThe emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in several European countries increases the risk of its introduction to Germany. This study evaluated a new method for WNV surveillance by testing for maternal antibodies in chicken eggs. MethodsA total of 1,990 eggs were collected in 35 sampling sites in the south-west of Germany and tested for WNV-specific antibodies. ResultsThe results did not indicate evidence for WNV circulation in the study area. ConclusionThis work serves as a proof-of-concept that such a method is useful and a potential alternative to use of sentinel chicken for regular WNV surveillance.
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