NDLI: Epizootic Emergence of Usutu Virus in Wild and Captive Birds in Germany

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Author	Becker, Norbert Hanna, Jöst Ziegler, Ute Eiden, Martin Höper, Dirk Emmerich, Petra Elisabeth, Fichet-calvet Ehichioya, Deborah U. Czajka, Christina Gabriel, Martin Hoffmann, Bernd Beer, Martin Tenner-racz, Klara Racz, Paul Günther, Stephan Wink, Michael Bosch, Stefan Konrad, Armin Pfeffer, Martin Groschup, Martin H. Jonas, Schmidt-chanasit
Editor	Brown, Justin David
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This study aimed to identify the causative agent of mass mortality in wild and captive birds in southwest Germany and to gather insights into the phylogenetic relationship and spatial distribution of the pathogen. Since June 2011, 223 dead birds were collected and tested for the presence of viral pathogens. Usutu virus (USUV) RNA was detected by real-time RT-PCR in 86 birds representing 6 species. The virus was isolated in cell culture from the heart of 18 Blackbirds (Turdus merula). USUV-specific antigen was demonstrated by immunohistochemistry in brain, heart, liver, and lung of infected Blackbirds. The complete polyprotein coding sequence was obtained by deep sequencing of liver and spleen samples of a dead Blackbird from Mannheim (BH65/11-02-03). Phylogenetic analysis of the German USUV strain BH65/11-02-03 revealed a close relationship with strain Vienna that caused mass mortality among birds in Austria in 2001. Wild birds from lowland river valleys in southwest Germany were mainly affected by USUV, but also birds kept in aviaries. Our data suggest that after the initial detection of USUV in German mosquitoes in 2010, the virus spread in 2011 and caused epizootics among wild and captive birds in southwest Germany. The data also indicate an increased risk of USUV infections in humans in Germany.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032604
Starting Page	32604
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19326203
e-ISSN	19326203
Journal	PLoS ONE
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Publisher Date	2012-02-28
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Public Library of Science
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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