Abstract
Usutu Virus in Migratory Song Thrushes, Spain
Highlights
USUV strains similar to African strains were detected in mosquitoes in Spain in 2006 and 2009 [7,8]
Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed a higher homology to Northern European strains (97% to BH65/11-02-03 [HE599647] and Meise H, Germany [JQ219843]; Budapest, Hungary [EF206350]; Italy 2009 [JF266698]; and Vienna 2001, Austria [AY453411]) than to a USUV strain isolated in South Africa (96% to SAAR-1776 [AY453412])
Usutu virus (USUV) in migratory song thrushes in Spain
Summary
8. Weidmann M, Ruzek D, Krivanec K, Zöller G, Essbauer S, Pfeffer M, et al Relation of genetic phylogeny and geographical distance of tick-borne encephalitis virus in central Europe. Usutu Virus in Migratory Song Thrushes, Spain To the Editor: Usutu virus (USUV), a member of the Japanese encephalitis virus antigenic group, was first detected in 1959 in mosquitoes in South Africa [1], and it emerged in 1996 in blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Italy [2].
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