Epidemiology of Usutu virus: the European scenario

T Vilibic-Cavlek, T Petrovic, V Savic, L Barbic, I Tabain… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus isolated in 1959 (Usutu River, Swaziland).
Previously restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, the virus was introduced in Europe in 1996 …

Ongoing and emerging arbovirus threats in Europe

L Barzon - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, arboviruses that are endemic in Europe have expanded their
geographic range and caused an increasing number of human outbreaks. These viruses …

Usutu virus: A new threat?

M Clé, C Beck, S Salinas, S Lecollinet… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus that was first isolated in South Africa in 1959.
This Flavivirus is maintained in the environment through a typical enzootic cycle involving …

West Nile virus epidemic in Germany triggered by epizootic emergence, 2019

U Ziegler, PD Santos, MH Groschup, C Hattendorf… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
One year after the first autochthonous transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) to birds and
horses in Germany, an epizootic emergence of WNV was again observed in 2019. The …

[HTML][HTML] Usutu virus, Italy, 1996

H Weissenböck, T Bakonyi, G Rossi… - Emerging Infectious …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Retrospective analysis of archived tissue samples from bird deaths in the Tuscany region of
Italy in 1996 identified Usutu virus. Partial sequencing confirmed identity with the 2001 …

The Role of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Virus Transmission in Europe

VA Brugman, LM Hernández-Triana… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and
veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities …

Arboviruses pathogenic for domestic and wild animals

Z Hubálek, I Rudolf, N Nowotny - Advances in virus research, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this chapter is to provide an updated and concise systematic review on
taxonomy, history, arthropod vectors, vertebrate hosts, animal disease, and geographic …

Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016

D Cadar, R Lühken, H van der Jeugd… - …, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
In the summer of 2016, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands reported
widespread Usutu virus (USUV) activity based on live and dead bird surveillance. The …

Flaviviruses in Europe: complex circulation patterns and their consequences for the diagnosis and control of West Nile disease

C Beck, MA Jimenez-Clavero, A Leblond… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
In Europe, many flaviviruses are endemic (West Nile, Usutu, tick-borne encephalitis viruses)
or occasionally imported (dengue, yellow fever viruses). Due to the temporal and …

Introduction of invasive mosquito species into Europe and prospects for arbovirus transmission and vector control in an era of globalization

R Lühken, N Brattig, N Becker - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Mosquito research in Europe has a long history, primarily focused on
malaria vectors. In recent years, invasive mosquito species like the Asian tiger mosquito …