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West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications
Microorganisms, 2019 West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are neurotropic mosquito-borne flaviviruses that may infect humans. Although WNV is much more widespread and plays a much larger role in human health, the two viruses are characterized by similar envelope ...
Silvia Zannoli, Vittorio Sambri
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Usutu-Virus-Infektion (USUV) – Usutu virus infection [PDF]
, 2014 Usutu virus (USUV) is an arthropod-borne (arbo), single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis virus serogroup within the family Flaviviridae.
Fast, Christine +4 more
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Co-Circulation of West Nile and Usutu Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes in Slovakia, 2018
Viruses, 2019 Monitoring West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) activity now has the highest priority among mosquito-borne pathogenic viruses circulating in the European Union.
Viktória Čabanová +10 more
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Assessment of vector competence of UK mosquitoes for Usutu virus of African origin
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging zoonotic virus originally from sub-Saharan Africa. It has been introduced into Europe on multiple occasions, causing substantial mortality within the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) population.
Luis M. Hernández-Triana +7 more
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Vegetation structure drives mosquito community composition in UK’s largest managed lowland wetland
Parasites & VectorsPurpose The rising burden of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe extends beyond urban areas, encompassing rural and semi-urban regions near managed and natural wetlands evidenced by recent outbreaks of Usutu and West Nile viruses.
Daniel C. Smith +6 more
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Mosquito borne diseases in England:: past, present and future risks, with special reference to malaria in the Kent Marshes. [PDF]
, 2004 Malaria was once common in the marshes of southern England. In this study I investigated why a disease called benign tertian malaria became known as the killer of the marshes and looked at the present and future threat from malaria returning to these ...
Hutchinson, Robert A.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 During late summer 2001 in Austria, a series of deaths in several species of birds occurred, similar to the beginning of the West Nile virus (WNV) epidemic in the United States.
Herbert Weissenböck +5 more
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Impact of genetic diversity on biological characteristics of Usutu virus strains in Africa [PDF]
, 2019 Usutu virus (USUV) previously restricted to Africa where it caused mild infections, emerged in 2001 in Europe and caused more severe infections among birds and humans with neurological forms, suggesting an adaptation and increasing virulence.
Faye, Ousmane +13 more
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Veterinary SciencesThe aim of this study was to analyze the seroprevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) among equids in Bulgaria, confirm the results of a competitive ELISA versus the virus neutralization test (VNT) and investigate some predisposing factors for WNV ...
Nikolina Rusenova +3 more
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