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Genetic diversity of Usutu virus.
The new microbiologica - 1 Apr 2012
Peletto Simone, Lo Presti Alessandra, Modesto Paola, Cella Eleonora, Acutis Pier Luigi, Farchi Francesca, Ciotti Marco, Zehender Gianguglielmo, Ciccozzi Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Usutu virus is a mosquito-borne virus first isolated from Culex naevei in South Africa in 1959. The first emergence of Usutu virus outside Africa was recorded in Austria. Here, a phylogenetic analysis targeting the E5 and NS5 genes was carried out on the viral strains circulating in Europe. The NS5 gene tree showed two main clades, one of which included the Italian sequences. In the E gene tree all sequences...
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