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Table 1 Animal species that have been used as sentinels for arbovirus surveillance

From: Searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack: advances in mosquito-borne arbovirus surveillance

Animal

Virus

Example location

References

Chickens

WNV

USA, UK

[119, 120]

SLEV

USA

[121]

MVEV, WNVKUN

Australia

[122]

Pheasants

WNV, SLEV, EEEV

USA

[123, 124]

Pigs

JEV

Japan, Australia, Thailand

[125,126,127]

Dogs

WNV

USA, Africa

[128, 129]

JEV

Japan, Thailand

[130, 131]

Sheep and goats

RVFV

Africa, Saudi Arabia

[132,133,134]

Cattle

BTV, Akabane

Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan

[135,136,137]

Horses

EEEV, WEEV

Argentina

[138]

WNV, SLE

Colombia

[139]

Hamsters

EEEV, VEEV

USA, Central and South America

[140,141,142,143]

Non-human primates

YFV

Brazil, Argentina

[144,145,146,147]

  1. Abbreviations: WNV, West Nile virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; MVEV, Murray Valley encephalitis virus; WNVKUN, West Nile virus (Kunjin subtype); EEEV, eastern equine encephalitis virus; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus; BTV, bluetongue virus; WEEV, western equine encephalitis virus; VEEV, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; YFV, yellow fever virus