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. 2018 Jul:61:151-154.
doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.03.020. Epub 2018 Mar 26.

Emergence of two Usutu virus lineages in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in the Camargue, France, 2015

Martin Eiden  1 , Patricia Gil  2 , Ute Ziegler  1 , Ignace Rakotoarivony  2 , Albane Marie  3 , Benoit Frances  3 , Grégory L'Ambert  3 , Yannick Simonin  4 , Vincent Foulongne  4 , Martin H Groschup  1 , Serafin Gutierrez  5 , Marc Eloit  6
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Emergence of two Usutu virus lineages in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in the Camargue, France, 2015

Martin Eiden et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2018 Jul.

Abstract

Usutu virus (USUV) was detected in 11 Culex pipiens mosquito pools collected in 2015 in Camargue (France) using quantitative real-time RT-PCR assays. Phylogenetic analysis of recovered virus sequences identified USUV lineages Africa 2 and Africa 3, demonstrating the simultaneous occurrence of different strains within the mosquito population. This is the first report on USUV in mosquitoes from France that concurrently accompanied the emergence of Usutu virus in blackbirds and a human case in France during 2015/2016.

Keywords: Culex pipiens; France, arbovirus; Lineages Africa 2/3; Mosquito; Usutu virus.

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