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Overwintering Culex torrentium in abandoned animal burrows as a reservoir for arboviruses in Central Europe

One Health, 2023
Culex pipiens s.s./Culex torrentium belong to the most widespread mosquito taxa in Europe and are the main vectors of Sindbis, West Nile and Usutu virus. The adult overwintering females can act as reservoir for these arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses),
Felix G. Sauer, Unchana Lange, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Ellen Kiel, Blanka Wiatrowska, Łukasz Myczko, Renke Lühken   +6 more
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Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We detected Usutu virus in a dead Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) in Luxembourg in September 2020. The strain clustered within the Africa 3.1 lineage identified in Western Europe since 2016.
Chantal J. Snoeck, Aurélie Sausy, Serge Losch, Félix Wildschutz, Manon Bourg, Judith M. Hübschen   +5 more
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Usutu virus (Encyclopédie Universalis)

, 2019
Le virus Usutu (USUV) est un virus émergent. Très proche du virus West Nile (WNV ou virus de la fièvre du Nil occidental) ou encore de celui de l’encéphalite japonaise, cet arbovirus, transmis par des moustiques, s’est propagé au cours des vingt ...
Simonin, Yannick
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North American House Sparrows Are Competent for Usutu Virus Transmission

mSphere, 2022
Usutu virus (USUV, Flaviviridae) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that has been implicated in neuroinvasive disease in humans and epizootic deaths in wild birds. USUV is maintained in an enzootic cycle between ornithophilic mosquitoes, primarily Culex
Sarah C. Kuchinsky, Jeffrey Marano, Seth A. Hawks, Emma Loessberg, Christa F. Honaker, Paul B. Siegel, Chloé Lahondère, Tanya LeRoith, James Weger-Lucarelli, Nisha K. Duggal   +9 more
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Unexpected arboviruses found in an epidemiological surveillance of acute tropical febrile syndrome in the department of Meta, Eastern Colombia

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: Nonspecific acute tropical febrile illnesses (NEATFI) are common in the Latin American tropics. Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Mayaro, and Usutu, among others, can coexist in the American tropics.
Liliana Sánchez-Lerma, Andres Rojas-Gulloso, Jorge Miranda, Vanesa Tique, Luz Helena Patiño, Derly Rodriguez, Verónica Contreras, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Norma Pavas, Juan David Ramírez, Salim Mattar   +10 more
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Genetic diversity of Usutu virus

, 2012
Usutu virus is a mosquito-borne virus first isolated from Culex naevei in South Africa in 1959. The first emergence of Usutu virus outside Africa was recorded in Austria. Here, a phylogenetic analysis targeting the E5 and NS5 genes was carried out on the
M. Ciccozzi, S. Peletto, E. Cella, G. Zehender, P. L. Arcutis, P. Modesto, F. Farchi, A. Lo Presti, M. Ciotti   +8 more
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Usutu virus: potential risk of human disease in Europe. [PDF]

, 2011
Usutu virus (USUV) is an African mosquito-borne flavivirus, member of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic group. This avian virus is transmitted by arthropod vectors (mainly mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex).
Vazquez A., Tenorio A., Zeller H., SAMBRI, VITTORIO, Niedrig M., Jimenez Clavero M., Franco L., Donoso Mantke O.   +7 more
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SEROPREVALENCE OF MOSQUITO-BORN AND TICK-BORN MICROORGANISMS IN HUMAN POPULATION OF SOUTH BACKA DISTRICT

Archives of Veterinary Medicine, 2016
Chikungunya virus is an Arbo virus belonging to the family Togaviridae. In urban areas, antropophilic Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are vectors for virus transmission to human population.
Ivana Hrnjaković Cvjetković, Tamaš Petrović, Dušan Petrić, Dejan Cvjetković, Gordana Kovačević, Jelena Radovanov, Aleksandra Jovanović Galović, Aleksandra Pat, Nataša Nikolić, Sandra Stefan Mikić, Vesna Milošević   +10 more
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Investigating the association between weather variables and Aedes albopictus abundance in Windsor, Ontario

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Trapping completed by Windsor‐Essex County Health Unit. Data analysis using trap and weather data. Canadian weather thresholds are associated with increased mosquito abundance. Abstract Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) is notorious for transmitting several pathogens of public health importance.
Keana Shahin, Katie M. Clow, Olaf Berke, Ilaria Dorigatti, Victoria Ng   +4 more
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Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020 [PDF]

, 2020
In August 2020, as part of a long-term disease surveillance programme, Usutu virus was detected in five Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and one house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Greater London, England.
McCracken, F, Phipps, LP, Johnson, N, Lawson, B, McElhinney, LM, Folly, AJ, Hernández-Triana, LM, John, SK, Nuñez, A, Cunningham, AA, Heaver, JP, Seilern-Moy, K, Spiro, S, Masters, N, Lean, FZX, Fooks, AR   +15 more
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