TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rudolf, Martin
A1  - Czajka, Christina
A1  - Börstler, Jessica
A1  - Melaun, Christian
A1  - Jöst, Hanna
A1  - Thien, Heidrun von
A1  - Badusche, Marlis
A1  - Becker, Norbert
A1  - Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas
A1  - Krüger, Andreas
A1  - Tannich, Egbert
A1  - Becker, Stefanie
T1  - First nationwide surveillance of Culex pipiens complex and Culex torrentium mosquitoes demonstrated the presence of Culex pipiens biotype pipiens/molestus hybrids in Germany
T2  - PLoS One
N2  - Mosquitoes and other arthropods may transmit medically important pathogens, in particular viruses such as West Nile virus. The presence of suitable hosts and competent vectors for those zoonotic viruses is essential for an enzootic transmission, which is a prerequisite for epidemics. To establish reliable risk projections, it is an urgent need for an exact identification of mosquito species, which is especially challenging in the case of sibling species, such as Culex. pipiens pipiens biotypes pipiens and molestus. To facilitate detection of different Culex pipiens forms and their hybrids we established a multiplex real-time PCR. Culex pipiens samples were obtained by egg raft collection and rearing until imago stage or adult sampling using CO2 baited traps and gravid traps. In total, we tested more than 16,500 samples collected all over Germany in the years 2011 and 2012. The predominant species in Germany are Culex pipiens pipiens biotype pipiens and Culex. torrentium, but we also detected Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus and hybrids of the two pipiens biotypes at sites where both species occur sympatrically. This report of a potentially important bridge vector for West Nile virus might have major impact in the risk projections for West Nile virus in Germany.
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31626
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-316269
SN  - 1932-6203
N1  - Copyright: © 2013 Rudolf et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
VL  - 8
IS  - (9):e71832
PB  - PLoS
CY  - Lawrence, Kan.
ER  -