Reconstruction of the Evolutionary History and Dispersal of Usutu Virus, a Neglected Emerging Arbovirus in Europe and Africa

ABSTRACT 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 his...

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Main Authors: Dimitri Engel, Hanna Jöst, Michael Wink, Jessica Börstler, Stefan Bosch, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Artur Jöst, Christina Czajka, Renke Lühken, Ute Ziegler, Martin H. Groschup, Martin Pfeffer, Norbert Becker, Daniel Cadar, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01938-15