Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2019 Dec;66(8):978-981. doi: 10.1111/zph.12638. Epub 2019 Aug 1.
West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) was detected in the brain of 17 goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) that succumbed to neuroinvasive disease in the Czech Republic during 2018: twelve birds were captive and five wild. Furthermore, two wild sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus) and three other captive birds of prey (golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, hybrid saker falcon Falco cherrug × F. rusticolus and Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus) also died due to WNV encephalitis. The 2018 outbreak in Czech raptors clearly reflects a new epidemiological situation and indicates an increasing risk of both raptor and human infection with WNV-2 in the country.
2018 年，在捷克共和国，17 只苍鹰（Accipiter gentilis）死于神经侵袭性疾病，其脑部检测到了西尼罗河病毒谱系 2（WNV-2）：其中 12 只为圈养，5 只为野生。此外，两只野生雀鹰（Accipiter nisus）和另外三只圈养猛禽（金鹰 Aquila chrysaetos、杂交猎隼 Falco cherrug × Falco rusticolus 和哈里斯鹰 Parabuteo unicinctus）也死于西尼罗河脑炎。2018 年捷克猛禽的爆发清楚地反映了一种新的流行病学情况，并表明该国的 WNV-2 对猛禽和人类感染的风险正在增加。
