Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

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

doi:10.3201/eid2805.212012

Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May;28(5):1076-1079. doi: 10.3201/eid2805.212012.

Authors

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

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.

Keywords: Luxembourg; Usutu virus; blackbird; phylogeny; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases*
Flavivirus Infections*
Flavivirus*
Luxembourg / epidemiology
Phylogeny

Supplementary concepts

Usutu virus