West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications

West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are neurotropic mosquito-borne flaviviruses that may infect humans. Although WNV is much more widespread and plays a much larger role in human health, the two viruses are characterized by similar envelope antigens, clinical manifestations, and present ove...

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Autores principales: Zannoli, Silvia, Sambri, Vittorio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6680635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248051
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7070184
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description West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are neurotropic mosquito-borne flaviviruses that may infect humans. Although WNV is much more widespread and plays a much larger role in human health, the two viruses are characterized by similar envelope antigens, clinical manifestations, and present overlapping in terms of geographic range of transmission, host, and vector species. This review highlights some of the most relevant aspects of WNV and USUV human infections in Europe, and the possible implications of their co-circulation.
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spelling pubmed-66806352019-08-09 West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications Zannoli, Silvia Sambri, Vittorio Microorganisms Review West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are neurotropic mosquito-borne flaviviruses that may infect humans. Although WNV is much more widespread and plays a much larger role in human health, the two viruses are characterized by similar envelope antigens, clinical manifestations, and present overlapping in terms of geographic range of transmission, host, and vector species. This review highlights some of the most relevant aspects of WNV and USUV human infections in Europe, and the possible implications of their co-circulation. MDPI 2019-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6680635/ /pubmed/31248051 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7070184 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications
title West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications
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title_fullStr West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications
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title_short West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Co-Circulation in Europe: Epidemiology and Implications
title_sort west nile virus and usutu virus co-circulation in europe: epidemiology and implications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6680635/
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