Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Oct;23(10):1699-1702. doi: 10.3201/eid2310.171017.
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.
我们在 2014 年至 2015 年期间于以色列北部捕获的 6 个蚊子池中检测到了乌苏图病毒(USUV)RNA。这些以色列株与在塞内加尔和德国发现的株最为相似,这进一步阐明了 USUV 的共同起源和进化动态。我们的研究结果表明,以色列可能有人感染 USUV。