Abstract
Antibodies to Arboviruses in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the Czech Republic
Highlights
Wild birds may serve as a reservoir of arboviruses in central Europe (As pöck et al.1973; Hubálek et al 1989)
Blood sera of sparrows were examined for antibodies to Sindbis alphavirus (SIN), West Nile flavivirus (WN), tick-borne encephalitis flavivirus (Central European encephalitis serogroup) (TBE), ËahyÀa bunyavirus (California serogroup) (TAH) and âalovo bunyavirus (CVO)
Antibodies to SIN, WN, TBE, TAH and CVO were detected at prevalences of 2.2 %, 5.5 %, 1.8 %, 14.7 % and 2.2 %, respectively (Table 1)
Summary
Wild birds may serve as a reservoir of arboviruses in central Europe (As pöck et al.1973; Hubálek et al 1989). In our opinion, house sparrow is the most suitable species of wild birds for studying occurrence of various arboviruses in urban and suburban areas. We tested house sparrows from one Czech locality for the presence of antibodies to five arboviruses in order to verify the idea to use such testing for the monitoring of the arbovirus occurrences in the environment.
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