Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 66901

Malaria: Research

Tabled: 11 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Esther McVey

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64425 on Malaria: Research, whether the positive rt-PCR tests were validated against viral cultures of West Nile virus.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The samples were collected outside the cold chain, which means it was not possible to grow live virus from the mosquito blood meals or salivary glands. The validation is made by comparing the sequences with an international database of West Nile virus iso...

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