Laboratory of Virology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
J Med Virol. 2018 Mar;90(3):609-611. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24967. Epub 2017 Nov 9.
In 2009, the Usutu virus (USUV) was first reported as a cause of human neuroinvasive disorders. In Switzerland, USUV has been detected in wild birds with a seroprevalence of up to 6.59% in captive specimens sampled from zoo enclosures. This study investigates the clinical prevalence of USUV in human acute neuroinvasive disorders in Switzerland. Two hundred and fifty-eight cerebrospinal fluid samples collected between 2015 and 2017 for routine clinical care in a tertiary level hospital (Geneva) were tested for USUV by rRT-PCR. No samples were found positive, suggesting the absence, or the extremely low circulation of USUV in Western Switzerland.
2009 年,乌苏图病毒(USUV)首次被报道为导致人类神经侵入性疾病的原因。在瑞士,从动物园围栏中采集的圈养标本中,野生鸟类的 USUV 血清阳性率高达 6.59%。本研究调查了瑞士人类急性神经侵入性疾病中 USUV 的临床流行率。在一家三级医院(日内瓦)为常规临床护理收集的 258 份脑脊液样本,通过 rRT-PCR 检测 USUV。未发现阳性样本,提示在瑞士西部 USUV 不存在或循环非常低。