Article
Reconstruction of the Evolutionary History and Dispersal of Usutu Virus, a Neglected Emerging Arbovirus in Europe and Africa.
mBio - 2 Feb 2016
Engel Dimitri, Jöst Hanna, Wink Michael, Börstler Jessica, Bosch Stefan, Garigliany Mutien-Marie, Jöst Artur, Czajka Christina, Lühken Renke, Ziegler Ute, Groschup Martin H, Pfeffer Martin, Becker Norbert, Cadar Daniel, Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Usutu virus (USUV), one of the most neglected Old World encephalitic flaviviruses, causes epizootics among wild and captive birds and sporadic infection in humans. The dynamics of USUV spread and evolution in its natural hosts are unknown. Here, we present the phylogeny and evolutionary history of all available USUV strains, including 77 newly sequenced complete genomes from a variety of host species...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Africa
- Animals
- Arbovirus Infections
- Arboviruses
- Birds
- Cluster Analysis
- Europe
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny