The Journal of infectionHumansGermanyWest Nile virusBlood DonorsWest Nile Fever
Blood donors as sentinels for genomic surveillance of West Nile virus in Germany using a sensitive amplicon-based sequencing approach.
Gábor Endre Tóth, Marike Petersen, Francois Chevenet, Marcy Sikora, Alexandru Tomazatos, Alexandra Bialonski, Heike Baum, Balázs Horváth, Padet Siriyasatien, Anna Heitmann, Stephanie Jansen, Ruth Offergeld, Raskit Lachmann, Michael Schmidt, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Published: 202510.1016/j.jinf.2025.106647
Abstract
BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) has emerged as a public health concern in Germany since its first detection in 2018, with evidence of expanding geographic spread. Genomic surveillance is critical for tracking viral evolution, identifying introducti…
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