Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020

In August 2020, as part of a long-term disease surveillance programme, Usutu virus was detected in five Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and one house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Greater London, England. This was initially detected by reverse transcription-PCR and was confirmed by virus isol...

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Autores principales: Folly, Arran J, Lawson, Becki, Lean, Fabian ZX, McCracken, Fiona, Spiro, Simon, John, Shinto K, Heaver, Joseph P, Seilern-Moy, Katharina, Masters, Nic, Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Phipps, L Paul, Nuñez, Alejandro, Fooks, Anthony R, Cunningham, Andrew A, Johnson, Nicholas, McElhinney, Lorraine M
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Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33063656
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.41.2001732
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author Folly, Arran J
Lawson, Becki
Lean, Fabian ZX
McCracken, Fiona
Spiro, Simon
John, Shinto K
Heaver, Joseph P
Seilern-Moy, Katharina
Masters, Nic
Hernández-Triana, Luis M
Phipps, L Paul
Nuñez, Alejandro
Fooks, Anthony R
Cunningham, Andrew A
Johnson, Nicholas
McElhinney, Lorraine M
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Lawson, Becki
Lean, Fabian ZX
McCracken, Fiona
Spiro, Simon
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Heaver, Joseph P
Seilern-Moy, Katharina
Masters, Nic
Hernández-Triana, Luis M
Phipps, L Paul
Nuñez, Alejandro
Fooks, Anthony R
Cunningham, Andrew A
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description In August 2020, as part of a long-term disease surveillance programme, Usutu virus was detected in five Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and one house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Greater London, England. This was initially detected by reverse transcription-PCR and was confirmed by virus isolation and by immunohistochemical detection of flavivirus in tissues. Phylogenetic analysis identified Usutu virus African 3.2 lineage, which is prevalent in the Netherlands and Belgium, suggesting a potential incursion from mainland Europe.
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spelling pubmed-75658542020-10-23 Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020 Folly, Arran J Lawson, Becki Lean, Fabian ZX McCracken, Fiona Spiro, Simon John, Shinto K Heaver, Joseph P Seilern-Moy, Katharina Masters, Nic Hernández-Triana, Luis M Phipps, L Paul Nuñez, Alejandro Fooks, Anthony R Cunningham, Andrew A Johnson, Nicholas McElhinney, Lorraine M Euro Surveill Rapid Communication In August 2020, as part of a long-term disease surveillance programme, Usutu virus was detected in five Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and one house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Greater London, England. This was initially detected by reverse transcription-PCR and was confirmed by virus isolation and by immunohistochemical detection of flavivirus in tissues. Phylogenetic analysis identified Usutu virus African 3.2 lineage, which is prevalent in the Netherlands and Belgium, suggesting a potential incursion from mainland Europe. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7565854/ /pubmed/33063656 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.41.2001732 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Folly, Arran J
Lawson, Becki
Lean, Fabian ZX
McCracken, Fiona
Spiro, Simon
John, Shinto K
Heaver, Joseph P
Seilern-Moy, Katharina
Masters, Nic
Hernández-Triana, Luis M
Phipps, L Paul
Nuñez, Alejandro
Fooks, Anthony R
Cunningham, Andrew A
Johnson, Nicholas
McElhinney, Lorraine M
Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title_full Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title_fullStr Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title_short Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020
title_sort detection of usutu virus infection in wild birds in the united kingdom, 2020
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33063656
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.41.2001732
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