RT Journal Article
T1 Mapping the Risk for West Nile Virus Transmission, Africa.
A1 García-Carrasco, José María
A1 Muñoz-Gallego, Antonio Román
A1 Olivero-Anarte, Jesús
A1 Segura, Marina
A1 Real-Giménez, Raimundo
K1 Virus del Nilo occidental - Transmisión
AB West Nile virus (WNV) is an emergent arthropodborne virus that is transmitted from bird to bird by mosquitoes. Spillover events occur when infected mosquitoes bite mammals. We created a geopositioned database of WNV presence in Africa and considered reports of the virus in all animal components: reservoirs, vectors, and nonhuman dead-end hosts. We built various biogeographic models to determine which drivers explain the distribution of WNV throughout Africa. Wetlands of international importance for birds accounted for the detection of WNV in all animal components, whereas human-related drivers played a key role in the epizootic cases. We combined these models to obtain an integrative and large-scale perspective of the areas at risk for WNV spillover. Understanding which areas pose the highest risk would enable us to address the management of this spreading disease and to comprehend the translocation of WNV outside Africa through avian migration routes.
YR 2022
FD 2022-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29007
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29007
LA eng
NO García-Carrasco JM, Muñoz A-R, Olivero J, Segura M, Real R (2022) Mapping the Risk for West Nile Virus Transmission, Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases 28: 777-785.
NO J.M.G.C. received a grant from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario (grant no. FPU17/02834). A.-R.M. is supported by project UMA18-FEDERJA-276 (Programa Operativo FEDER, Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad, Junta de Andalucía). J.O. is supported by project  GL2016-76747-R from the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, and FEDER Funds.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026