| Author | Lourenço, José | |
| Author | Barros, Sílvia C. | |
| Author | Zé-Zé, Líbia | |
| Author | Damineli, Daniel S. C. | |
| Author | Giovanetti, Marta | |
| Author | Osório, Hugo C. | |
| Author | Amaro, Fátima | |
| Author | Henriques, Ana M. | |
| Author | Ramos, Fernanda | |
| Author | Luís, Tiago | |
| Author | Duarte, Margarida D. | |
| Author | Fagulha, Teresa | |
| Author | Alves, Maria J. | |
| Author | Obolski, Uri | |
| Access date | 2023-01-05T20:20:01Z | |
| Available date | 2023-01-05T20:20:01Z | |
| Document date | 2022 | |
| Citation | LOURENÇO. José et al. West Nile virus transmission potential in Portugal. Communications Biology, v. 5.n. 6, p. 1-12, 2022. | en_US |
| ISSN | 2399-3642 | en_US |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/56341 | |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | Nature | en_US |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Potencial de transmissão | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Vírus do Nilo Ocidental | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Portugal | en_US |
| Title | West Nile virus transmission potential in Portugal | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| Abstract | It is unclear whether West Nile virus (WNV) circulates endemically in Portugal. Despite the
country’s adequate climate for transmission, Portugal has only reported four human WNV
infections so far. We performed a review of WNV-related data (1966–2020), explored
mosquito (2016–2019) and land type distributions (1992–2019), and used climate data
(1981–2019) to estimate WNV transmission suitability in Portugal. Serological and molecular
evidence of WNV circulation from animals and vectors was largely restricted to the south.
Land type and climate-driven transmission suitability distributions, but not the distribution of
WNV-capable vectors, were compatible with the North-South divide present in serological
and molecular evidence of WNV circulation. Our study offers a comprehensive, datainformed
perspective and review on the past epidemiology, surveillance and climate-driven
transmission suitability of WNV in Portugal, highlighting the south as a subregion of
importance. Given the recent WNV outbreaks across Europe, our results support a timely
change towards local, active surveillance. | en_US |
| Affilliation | University of Oxford. Department of Zoology. Oxford , UK / Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Edificio TecLabs, Campus da FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory. Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Edificio TecLabs, Campus da FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal / Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Marateca, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Pediatria. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Laboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular. BeloHorizonte, MG, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Marateca, Portugal / Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Marateca, Portugal / Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory, Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory, Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory, Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory, Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Virology Laboratory, Oeiras, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Marateca, Portugal / Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. | en_US |
| Affilliation | School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel / Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. | en_US |
| Subject | West Nile virus | en_US |
| Subject | Potential transmission | en_US |
| Subject | Portugal | en_US |
| e-ISSN | 10.1038/s42003-021-02969-3 | |
