Serologic and Genomic Investigation of West Nile Virus in Kosovo
Petra Emmerich,
Xhevat Jakupi,
Kurtesh Sherifi
et al.
Abstract:The prevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) is increasing across Europe, with cases emerging in previously unaffected countries. Kosovo is situated in a WNV-endemic region where the seroepidemiological data on WNV in humans remains absent. To address this issue, we have conducted a seroepidemiological investigation of 453 randomly selected sera from a hospital in Kosovo, revealing a 1.55% anti-WNV IgG seroprevalence. Comparative and phylogeographic analyses of the WNV genomes obtained by sequencing archived sample… Show more
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