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Reconstruction of the molecular evolution of Usutu virus in Germany: Insights into virus emersion and circulation
2023-03-02
Abstract excerpt
Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is widely distributed in southern and central Europe. The zoonotic virus circulates primarily between birds and mosquitoes, can, however, in rare cases infect other mammals including humans. In the past USUV has been associated with mass mortalities in birds, formerly blackbirds and owls. Birds commonly succumb either due to the peracute nature of the infectio...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4cde7ad5-9e5f-5e75-a491-071b5f463562
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.02.28.530558