title: Lack of evidence for the presence of Schmallenberg virus in mosquitoes in Germany, 2011.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In 2011, a novel orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup was discovered near the German-Dutch border and named Schmallenberg virus (SBV). So far, SBV genome has been detected in various field-collected Culicoides species; however, other members of the Simbu serogroup are also transmitted by mosquitoes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the present study, approximately 50,000 mosquitoes of various species were collected during summer and early autumn 2011 in Germany. None of them tested positive in an SBV-specific real-time PCR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The absence of SBV in mosquitoes caught in 2011 in Germany suggests that they play no or only a negligible role in the spread of the disease.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wernike
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jöst
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Chanasit
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Suedufer 10, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. martin.beer@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D005858:Germany; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007303:Insect Vectors; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*