Arboviral Surveillance of Field-Collected Mosquitoes Reveals Circulation of West Nile Virus Lineage 1 Strains in Eastern Thrace, Turkey

Abstract

WNV RNA was identified for the first time in Cx. pipiens s.l. and Oc. caspius mosquitoes in Eastern Thrace, Turkey. Our findings indicate the circulation of WNV lineage 1 strains in potential vector species and provide an epidemiological link between WNV activity in mosquitoes and vertebrate infections.