@article{fdi:010072342,
  title = {{M}osquito community influences {W}est {N}ile virus seroprevalence in wild birds : implications for the risk of spillover into human populations},
  author = {{M}artinez-de la {P}uente, {J}. and {F}erraguti, {M}. and {R}uiz, {S}. and {R}oiz, {D}avid and {L}lorente, {F}. and {P}erez-{R}amirez, {E}. and {J}imenez-{C}lavero, {M}. {A}. and {S}origuer, {R}. and {F}iguerola, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}osquito community composition plays a central role in the transmission of zoonotic vector-borne pathogens. {W}e evaluated how the mosquito community affects the seroprevalence of {W}est {N}ile virus ({WNV}) in house sparrows along an urbanisation gradient in an area with the endemic circulation of this virus. {W}e sampled 2544 birds and 340829 mosquitoes in 45 localities, analysed in 15 groups, each containing one urban, one rural and one natural area. {WNV} seroprevalence was evaluated using an epitope-blocking {ELISA} kit and a micro virus-neutralization test ({VNT}). {T}he presence of {WNV} antibodies was confirmed in 1.96% and 0.67% of birds by {ELISA} and {VNT}, respectively. {T}he {VNT}-seropositive birds were captured in rural and natural areas, but not in urban areas. {H}uman population density was zero in all the localities where {VNT}-positive birds were captured, which potentially explains the low incidence of human {WNV} cases in the area. {T}he prevalence of neutralizing antibodies against {WNV} was positively correlated with the abundance of the ornithophilic {C}ulex perexiguus but negatively associated with the abundance of the mammophilic {O}chlerotatus caspius and {A}nopheles atroparvus. {T}hese results suggest that the enzootic circulation of {WNV} in {S}pain occurs in areas with larger populations of {C}x. perexiguus and low human population densities.},
  keywords = {{ESPAGNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 2599 [7 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-018-20825-z},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072342},
}