Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2022)

Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage, Luxembourg, 2020

  • Chantal J. Snoeck,
  • Aurélie Sausy,
  • Serge Losch,
  • Félix Wildschutz,
  • Manon Bourg,
  • Judith M. Hübschen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 5
pp. 1076 – 1079

Abstract

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We detected Usutu virus in a dead Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) in Luxembourg in September 2020. The strain clustered within the Africa 3.1 lineage identified in Western Europe since 2016. Our results suggest maintenance of the virus in Europe despite little reporting during 2019–2020, rather than a new introduction.

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