Lack of evidence for the presence of mosquito-borne arboviruses in the upper Rhine Valley, Germany, in 1999 to 2000.

摘要

Several mosquito-borne arboviruses are known in Europe, but only Tahyna virus (Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus) has been isolated in Germany (2, 6,11). Recently, in 2009, Sindbis virus has also been detected and isolated from 16,057 mosquitoes sampled in Germany (10 Sindbis virus RNA positives, 3 Sindbis virus strains) (3). In two previous years, we have tested a very large number of mosquitoes, sampled in the same area of Germany, without detecting any Sindbis virus activity. Therefore, it is interesting and important to contrast the results of these two studies.