Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2017)

Usutu Virus RNA in Mosquitoes, Israel, 2014–2015

  • Batya Mannasse,
  • Ella Mendelson,
  • Laor Orshan,
  • Orna Mor,
  • Uri Shalom,
  • Tamar Yeger,
  • Yaniv Lustig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.171017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 10
pp. 1699 – 1702

Abstract

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We identified Usutu virus (USUV) RNA in 6 pools of mosquitoes trapped in northern Israel during 2014–2015. These Israeli strains were most similar to strains identified in Senegal and Germany, which further elucidates common ancestry and evolutionary dynamics of USUV. Our findings suggest that human infection with USUV might occur in Israel.

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