| WNV | West Nile virus |
| Cx. | Culex |
| Ae. | Aedes |
| An. | Anopheles |
| Cs. | Culiseta |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RRT-PCR | Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| IR | Infection rate |
| MIR | Minimum infection rate |
| Ct | Cycle threshold |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| USUV | Usutu virus |
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