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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Evidence of WNV infection in migratory birds passing through Xinjiang, China, using viral genome amplicon approach.

Kunsheng Tao, Chan He, Tong Zhang, Changguang Xiao, Lifei Du, Zongjie Li, Donghua Shao, Jianchao Wei, Beibei Li, Yafeng Qiu and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Epidemiology ofVeterinary sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Kunsheng TaoShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Chan HeShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Tong ZhangShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Changguang XiaoShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Lifei DuHunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, China.
Zongjie LiShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Donghua ShaoShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Jianchao WeiShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Beibei LiShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Yafeng QiuShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Zhiyong MaShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
Ke LiuShanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus of the Flaviviridae family that is transmitted through the mosquito-migratory bird-mosquito cycle. Currently, WNV infection is widespread in the Americas, Europe, and Africa, and is one of the most important global epidemic infectious diseases. Although migratory birds play an important role in the spread of WNV, monitoring of migratory birds carrying the WNV remains limited. Here, we developed a new nucleic acid test for detecting migratory birds carrying WNV, which uses amplicons of WNV to test fecal samples from migratory birds. This new method was validated by using full-length WNV genomic plasmid. With this amplicon method, we tested the migratory bird droppings collected in different locations. The results indicated that the positive rate of WNV nucleic acid in migratory bird droppings was over 39%, which provides clues to the fact that migratory birds may carry the WNV in Xinjiang, China.

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ampliconepidemiologyfecal samplesmigratory birdWest Nile virus

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