1. Usutu Virus RNA in Mosquitoes, Israel, 2014-2015.
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Mannasse B, Mendelson E, Orshan L, Mor O, Shalom U, Yeger T, and Lustig Y
- Subjects
- Animals, Flavivirus classification, Flavivirus isolation & purification, Flavivirus Infections epidemiology, Flavivirus Infections transmission, Germany epidemiology, Humans, Israel epidemiology, Phylogeny, Phylogeography, Senegal epidemiology, Culex virology, Flavivirus genetics, Insect Vectors virology, RNA, Viral genetics, Viral Nonstructural Proteins genetics
- Abstract
We identified Usutu virus (USUV) RNA in 6 pools of mosquitoes trapped in northern Israel during 2014-2015. These Israeli strains were most similar to strains identified in Senegal and Germany, which further elucidates common ancestry and evolutionary dynamics of USUV. Our findings suggest that human infection with USUV might occur in Israel.
- Published
- 2017
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