Publications by authors named "M A Jimenez-Clavero"
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- West Nile virus (WNV) is a widespread mosquito-borne virus raising concerns for health in Europe, yet no studies have previously investigated its impact on wild rabbits and hares in Spain.
- This study examined WNV exposure in 540 wild lagomorphs in Andalusia, revealing 5% tested positive, with 4.8% of wild rabbits and 0.7% of Iberian hares showing antibodies against the virus.
- The findings mark the first report of WNV exposure in wild rabbits in Spain and Iberian hares globally, suggesting these animals could help monitor the virus's presence in their ecosystems.
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- The Bagaza virus (BAGV) is a flavivirus that affects birds and was first identified in Spain in 2010, closely related to a virus from Israel.
- After some quiet years, BAGV caused significant outbreaks in Spain in 2019 and 2021 among red-legged partridges.
- Genetic analysis revealed two different BAGV genotypes in these outbreaks, indicating that the virus has been independently introduced into Spain multiple times.
West Nile virus (WNV) is a re-emerging flavivirus, primarily circulating among avian hosts and mosquito vectors, causing periodic outbreaks in humans and horses, often leading to neuroinvasive disease and mortality. Spain has reported several outbreaks, most notably in 2020 with seventy-seven human cases and eight fatalities. WNV has been serologically detected in horses in the Community of Madrid, but to our knowledge, it has never been reported from wild birds in this region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: West Nile Virus (WNV) is a zoonotic arbovirus worldwide spread. Seasonal WNV outbreaks occur in the Mediterranean basin since the late 1990's with ever-increasing incidence. In Southern Spain WNV is endemic, as disease foci - caused by WNV lineage 1 (WNV-L1) strains - occur every year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWest Nile virus (WNV) is the most widely distributed mosquito-borne flavivirus in the world. This flavivirus can infect humans causing in some cases a fatal neurological disease and birds are the main reservoir hosts. WNV is endemic in Spain, and human cases have been reported since 2004.
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