title: [Species composition of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) and possibility of the West Nile virus natural foci formation in the South of Western Siberia].
abstract: In 2004 June-July collections of mosquito adults and small mammals were carried out in two areas of Novosibirsk Region (forest-steppe and steppe zones), where the West Nile virus (WNV) was for the first time recorded in birds with different migration status in 2002-2004. Seventeen species of mosquitoes were found; significant changes in their species composition and abundance, as compared with latest faunistic studies made in the sixties-seventies of the last century, are revealed. WNV markers (antigen, RNA) are found in small mammals; highly sensitive to the WNV replication mosquito species are also found. These facts allow supposing a possibility of the formation of stable West Nile virus natural foci in the South of Western Siberia, under conditions of forest-steppe and steppe zones.
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kononova
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Mirzaeva
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Protopopova
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dupal
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ternovoĭ
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Iurchenko
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shestopalov
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Loktev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D008322:Mammals / Q000821:virology*; D009032:Mosquito Control; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011156:Population Density; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral