Folly, Arran J 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0106-2185, Lawson, Becki, Lean, Fabian Zx ORCID: 0000-0001-7680-5110, McCracken, Fiona, Spiro, Simon ORCID: 0000-0002-9621-2192, John, Shinto K, Heaver, Joseph P, Seilern-Moy, Katharina ORCID: 0000-0003-4299-4464, Masters, Nic, Hernández-Triana, Luis M et al (show 6 more authors)
(2020)
Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 25 (41).
2001732-.
Abstract
In August 2020, as part of a long-term disease surveillance programme, Usutu virus was detected in five Eurasian blackbirds (<i>Turdus merula</i>) and one house sparrow (<i>Passer domesticus</i>) 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals, Animals, Wild, Birds, Flavivirus, Bird Diseases, Sentinel Surveillance, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, Disease Outbreaks, Phylogeny, United Kingdom |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2021 09:05 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2024 10:30 |
| DOI: | 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.41.2001732 |
| Open Access URL: | http://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.41.200... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3123271 |
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