The pathology of co-infection with Usutu virus and Plasmodium spp. in naturally infected Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula)

Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus causing mortality in Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Europe. In dead blackbirds, avian malaria co-infection due to mosquito-borne hemosporidians (e.g., Plasmodium spp.) has been reported. In humans, a similar co-infection of a flavivi...

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Main Authors: Gianfilippo Agliani, Giuseppe Giglia, Erwin de Bruin, Tjomme van Mastrigt, Rody Blom, Reina S. Sikkema, Marja Kik, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Andrea Gröne, Judith M.A. Van den Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:One Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235277142300054X