An overview of Usutu virus

Paolo Gaibani; Giada Rossini

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2017.05.003

An overview of Usutu virus

Microbes Infect. 2017 Jul-Aug;19(7-8):382-387. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.05.003. Epub 2017 Jun 8.

Authors

Paolo Gaibani¹, Giada Rossini²

Affiliations

¹ Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.gaibani@unibo.it.
² Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 28602915
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.05.003

Abstract

Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that emerged in Africa in the middle of the 16th century and currently widely circulates in several European countries. Herein, we summarize current knowledge about USUV from ecology, epidemiology, phylogeny to clinical manifestations and diagnosis and discuss the role as human pathogen.

Keywords: Ecology; Epidemiology; Human infection; Phylogeny; Structure; Usutu virus.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Animals
Biomedical Research / trends
Bird Diseases / epidemiology*
Bird Diseases / pathology
Bird Diseases / virology
Birds
Ecosystem
Europe / epidemiology
Flavivirus / classification
Flavivirus / isolation & purification*
Flavivirus / pathogenicity
Flavivirus / physiology
Flavivirus Infections / epidemiology*
Flavivirus Infections / pathology
Flavivirus Infections / veterinary*
Flavivirus Infections / virology
Humans
Mosquito Vectors
Phylogeny
Zoonoses / epidemiology*
Zoonoses / pathology
Zoonoses / virology

Supplementary concepts

Usutu virus