Unit of Medical Entomology, Laboratory for the Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (LSID), Division of Infectious, Parasitic Diseases and Zoonoses, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521, Athens, Greece; MSc Course in Public Health (Specialty: Infectious Diseases-Public Health Laboratories), Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 115 21 Athens, Greece.
Unit of Medical Entomology, Laboratory for the Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (LSID), Division of Infectious, Parasitic Diseases and Zoonoses, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521, Athens, Greece.
Acta Trop. 2024 Oct;258:107330. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107330. Epub 2024 Jul 21.
Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus originating from Africa, that belongs to the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) complex. In nature, USUV involves Culex spp. mosquitoes acting as vectors and birds as amplifying hosts. The virus has recently spread in Europe and is considered an emerging human pathogen. This is the first research study performed in Greece revealing the presence and circulation of USUV in Culex spp. mosquito populations. Out of the 1,500 mosquito pools tested with real-time RT-PCR, four (Roesch et al., 2019) were positive for USUV. All four pools were collected from the region of Central Macedonia, Northern Greece.
乌舒拉病毒（USUV）是一种源自非洲的蚊媒黄病毒，属于日本脑炎病毒（JEV）复合物。在自然界中，USUV 涉及库蚊属蚊子作为传播媒介和鸟类作为扩增宿主。该病毒最近已在欧洲传播，并被认为是一种新兴的人类病原体。这是在希腊进行的第一项研究，表明 USUV 存在于库蚊属蚊子种群中并在其种群中传播。在使用实时 RT-PCR 检测的 1500 个蚊子池中，有 4 个（Roesch 等人，2019 年）对 USUV 呈阳性。所有四个水池均采集自希腊北部中马其顿地区。
