First Usutu Virus Infection in an Asymptomatic Blood Donor in Greece [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseUsutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus, widely distributed in Central Europe, where it causes avian outbreaks with large-scale mortality. Although most human infections are asymptomatic or mild, the reports of USUV neurologic infections are ...
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A yellow fever 17D and Usutu virus chimera with rationally designed mutations in the envelope protein is lethal in an Ifnar-/- mouse model [PDF]
Virology JournalThe expanding geographical spread of Usutu virus (USUV) poses an increasing threat to bird populations and to human health. Here we assessed a chimeric USUV vaccine candidate that was constructed using the live attenuated yellow fever virus (YFV) YF-17D ...
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Circulation and overwintering of Usutu virus lineages in north-eastern Spain: A one health perspective (2021–2025) [PDF]
One HealthUsutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that has expanded widely across Europe. While it has been traditionally considered an animal pathogen, reports of human infections and the detection of USUV in blood donors in Europe (including Spain ...
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Pathogens, 2023 Usutu virus (USUV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are known to cause diseases and mortalities in bird populations. Since 2010/2011, USUV has circulated in Germany and spread nationwide, while WNV was only introduced into East Germany in 2018.
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Usutu virus promotes West Nile virus replication in Culex pipiens biotype molestus during simultaneous and sequential co-infections. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensThe epidemiological co-circulation of the two flaviviruses West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) in several European countries poses the risk of co-infections in vertebrate hosts and mosquito vectors.
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Susceptibility of wild and domestic songbirds to Usutu virus. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesUsutu virus (USUV) is an emerging mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause neuroinvasive disease in humans and wild birds. USUV clusters phylogenetically within the Japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex, sharing antigenic and ecological similarity
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Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects of 7-Deaza-2-methyladenosine (7DMA) in a Susceptible Mouse Model of Usutu Virus Infection [PDF]
VirusesUsutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus recently associated with outbreaks in Western Europe. Although USUV is typically associated with asymptomatic or nonspecific febrile disease, the occurrence of severe neuroinvasive forms of disease has raised ...
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First Detection of Usutu Virus in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) [PDF]
VirusesThe zoonotic Orthoflavivirus Usutu virus (USUV) is distributed throughout Germany, putting hosts at a considerable risk of infection nationwide. Besides birds as reservoir hosts, a broad range of accidental hosts is suspected.
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Increased incidence of human West Nile and Usutu infections in Austria, 2024: analysis of data from 2009 to 2024 [PDF]
EurosurveillanceBACKGROUND West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) outbreaks in Europe pose growing public health concerns. In Austria, human WNV and USUV infections occur nearly every year since 2009 with notable case number variations.
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Naturally occurring mutations in envelope mediate virulence of Usutu virus [PDF]
mBioUsutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that is closely related to West Nile virus. Recently, USUV emerged in Europe, where it has caused multiple bird die-off events and neuroinvasive disease in humans.
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