West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Mosquitoes in Spain, 2008–2009

Ana Vázquez CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Santiago Ruiz CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Laura Herrero CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Juana Moreno CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Francisca Molero CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Antonio Magallanes CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Maria Paz Sánchez-Seco CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Jordi Figuerola CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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Antonio Tenorio CNM-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain; CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain

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West Nile virus lineage 1 (similar to the strains obtained from golden eagles in Spain, 2007) and Usutu virus (similar to the strains obtained from Culex pipiens in Spain, 2006) were detected in pools from Culex perexiguus collected in southern Spain in 2008 and 2009, respectively. This is the first detection and isolation of West Nile virus lineage 1 from mosquitoes in Spain.

Author Notes

*Address correspondence to Ana Vázquez González, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Centre for Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain. E-mail: a.vazquez@isciii.es

Financial support: This work was supported in part by the European Commission (contract 010284-2, Emerging Diseases in a Changing European Environment Project contribution EDEN0157), Junta de Andalucia project P07-RNM-02511 and grants FIS PI07/1308, ISCIII RD06/0021, and the agreement signed between the Institute of Health Carlos III and the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy for the surveillance of imported viral hemorrhagic fevers.

Authors' addresses: Ana Vázquez, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: a.vazquez@isciii.es. Santiago Ruiz, Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain, E-mail: sruiz@diphuelva.org. Laura Herrero, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: lherrero@isciii.es. Juana Moreno, Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain, E-mail: jumoreno@diphuelva.org. Francisca Molero, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Majadahonda, 28220, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: pmolero@isciii.es. Antonio Magallanes, Servicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Spain, E-mail: amagallanes@diphuelva.org. María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: paz.sanchez@isciii.es. Jordi Figuerola, Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Seville, Spain, E-mail: jordi@ebd.csic.es. Antonio Tenorio, Laboratory of Arboviruses and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: atenorio@isciii.es.

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