Putative Lineage of Novel African Usutu Virus, Central Europe

Putative Lineage of Novel African Usutu Virus, Central Europe

We characterized the complete genome of a putative novel Usutu virus (USUV) strain (Usutu-BONN) detected in a dead blackbird from Germany. Genomic analysis revealed several unique amino acid substitutions among the polyprotein gene. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that Usutu-BONN constitutes a pu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel Cadar, Stefan Bosch, Hanna Jöst, Jessica Börstler, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Norbert Becker, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
African Usutu virus
complete genome
novel lineage
phylogeny
Central Europe
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/14-2026_article

Internet

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/14-2026_article

Similar Items