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An international study on emerging arboviral infections and blood safety. [PDF]

Transfusion
Abstract Background Emerging and re‐emerging arboviral infections are a risk to blood safety. We conducted an international survey on how blood establishments respond to current and future arbovirus threats. Study Design and Methods A questionnaire on arbovirus donor deferral strategies, pathogen reduction, and donation screening was distributed to ...
Rajendra P, Faddy HM, Candotti D, Bub CB, Kutner JM, Drews SJ, Charlton CL, O'Brien SF, Tsoi WC, Garcia-Otalora MA, Reynolds C, Palukka T, Lehtisalo R, Offergeld R, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Chenarsabz N, Goto N, Park SC, Kwon SY, Lieshout-Krikke R, Kopacz A, Sulkowska E, Șerban OA, Ruta S, Zhiburt E, Badawi M, Mitchel J, Jentsch U, Herraiz ÁLP, Guijosa AL, Şahin GÖ, Niederhauser C, Lanteri MC, Custer B, Conti G, Cheng A, Secret S, Simmonds P, Harvala H, Virology subgroup of the ISBT WP‐TTID.   +40 more
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Usutu Virus (Flaviviridae, Orthoflavivirus). Potential Danger and Possibility of Spread on the Territory of the Russian Federation

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2023
In recent decades, an increase in the number of cases of detection of the Usutu virus (Usutu, USUV, Orthoflavivirus usutuense) (family Flaviviridae, genus Orthoflavivirus) has caused great concern among medical professionals, including virologists and ...
E. V. Naidenova, K. S. Zakharov, K. D. Blinova, I. G. Shvidenko, A. V. Boiko, S. A. Shcherbakova   +5 more
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Analyses of groundwater storage change using GRACE satellite data in the Usutu-Mhlatuze drainage region, north-eastern South Africa

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022
Study region: The Usutu-Mhlatuze Water Management Area located in northern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Study focus: Recent studies have indicated a steady decline in groundwater levels in the Usutu-Mhlatuze Water Management Area.
Manish Ramjeawon, Molla Demlie, Michele Toucher   +2 more
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Blood donor West Nile virus screening identifies three autochthonous Usutu virus infections in Spain. [PDF]

Transfusion
Abstract Background Considering the increase of West Nile virus (WNV) circulation in Europe, blood banks perform WNV Nucleic Acid Test testing to ensure transfusion safety during the WNV transmission season. Usutu virus (USUV), an arbovirus related to WNV, has relevant molecular and serological cross‐reactivity with WNV. Study Design and Methods During
Jimenez-Marco T, Piron M, Capllonch-Amer G, Bes M, Linnen JM, Livezey K, Busquets N, Vázquez A, Herrero L, Pérez-Olmeda M, Bautista-Gili AM, Ruiz-Nabil X, Prohens-Batle M, Giménez J, Sauleda S.   +14 more
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Human Usutu Virus Infections in Europe: A New Risk on Horizon?

Viruses, 2022
The Usutu virus (USUV), a neurotropic mosquito-borne flavivirus discovered in 1959 in South Africa, has spread over the last twenty years across the European continent. This virus follows an enzootic cycle involving mosquitoes and birds.
Dániel Cadar, Yannick Simonin
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In-vitro-Untersuchungen zu antiviralen Therapieoptionen bei Usutu-Virus-Infektionen unter Einbeziehung metabolischer Analysen: Inaugural-Dissertation [PDF]

, 2022
Die zunehmende Ausbreitung des Usutu-Virus in Europa als Ursache für fatale Ausbruchsgeschehen innerhalb der Avifauna, insbesondere unter Sperlingsvögeln (Passeriformes) und Eulenartigen (Strigiformes), stellt in Zusammenhang mit einem neuroinvasiven ...
Wald, Maria Elisabeth
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Serological Survey of Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses in Wild Birds from Important Migratory Hotspots in Romania

Pathogens, 2022
In the context of climate change, globalization, and enhanced human traveling, arboviruses continue to represent a threat to public health. West Nile and Usutu viruses are mosquito-borne viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae family (Flavivirus genus) and
Mircea Coroian, Cornelia Silaghi, Birke Andrea Tews, Emanuel Ștefan Baltag, Mihai Marinov, Vasile Alexe, Zsuzsa Kalmár, Horváth Cintia, Mihaela Sorina Lupșe, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +9 more
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Comprehensive response to Usutu virus following first isolation in blood donors in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy: Development of recombinant NS1-based serology and sensitivity to antiviral drugs.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Surveillance of Usutu virus is crucial to prevent future outbreaks both in Europe and in other countries currently naïve to the infection, such as the Americas.
Ilaria Caracciolo, Erick Mora-Cardenas, Chiara Aloise, Tea Carletti, Ludovica Segat, Maria Sole Burali, Alexsia Chiarvesio, Vivianna Totis, Tatjana Avšič-Županc, Eloise Mastrangelo, Giuseppe Manfroni, Pierlanfranco D'Agaro, Alessandro Marcello   +12 more
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Enhanced West Nile virus surveillance in the North Kent marshes, UK. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: As part of efforts to more fully understand the potential risks posed by West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) in the UK, and following on from previous reports of a potential bridge vector Culex modestus for these viruses, at wetland ...
Hernandez-Triana, Luis M, Cheke, Robert A, Vaux, A.G.C., Jeffries, Claire L, Medlock, Jolyon M, McCracken, F., Johnson, Nicholas, Cheke, RA, Jeffries, CL, Anthony R Fooks, Alexander Vaux, Daniel L Horton, Jeffries, C.L., Hernandez-Triana, L.M., Horton, D.L., Claire L Jeffries, Horton, Daniel L, Leach, S., Springate, S, Robert A Cheke, Fooks, AR, Johnson, N., McCracken, F, Hernandez-Triana, LM, Leach, Steve, Gibson, G, Cheke, Robert, Leach, S, Fooks, A.R., Fiona McCracken, Steve Leach, Johnson, N, Alexander GC Vaux, Luis M Hernandez-Triana, Vaux, AGC, Fooks, Anthony R, Gibson, Gabriella, McCracken, Fiona, Vaux, Alexander GC, Medlock, J.M., Gabriella Gibson, Medlock, JM, Simon Springate, Nicholas Johnson, Jolyon M Medlock, Springate, Simon, Horton, DL   +46 more
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JMM Profile: Usutu virus. [PDF]

, 2023
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus belonging to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. It is maintained in an enzootic cycle, with mosquitos as the vector and birds as the main amplifying host.
Golding, Megan, Seechurn, Nicola, Baylis, Matthew, Johnson, Nicholas   +3 more
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