Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

Chantal J Snoeck; Aurélie Sausy; Serge Losch; Félix Wildschutz; Manon Bourg; Judith M Hübschen

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Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

Chantal J Snoeck^*
, Aurélie Sausy
, Serge Losch
, Félix Wildschutz
, Manon Bourg
, Judith M Hübschen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Clinical and Applied Virology

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Abstract

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. Our results suggest maintenance of the virus in Europe despite little reporting during 2019-2020, rather than a new introduction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1076-1079
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212012
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2022

Keywords

blackbird
Luxembourg
phylogeny
Usutu virus
viruses
zoonoses

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