Ixodes ricinus as potential vector for Usutu virus

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 18; no. 7; p. e0012172
• Main Authors: Bakker, Julian W., Münger, Emmanuelle, Esser, Helen J., Sikkema, Reina S., de Boer, Willem F., Sprong, Hein, Reusken, Chantal B. E. M., de Vries, Ankje, Kohl, Robert, van der Linden, Anne, Stroo, Arjan, van der Jeugd, Henk, Pijlman, Gorben P., Koopmans, Marion P. G., Munnink, Bas B. Oude, Koenraadt, Constantianus J. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.07.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Arachnid Vectors - physiology; Arachnid Vectors - virology; Biology and Life Sciences; Bird Diseases - transmission; Bird Diseases - virology; Birds - virology; Disease transmission; Entomology; Female; Flavivirus - genetics; Flavivirus - physiology; Flavivirus Infections - transmission; Flavivirus Infections - veterinary; Flavivirus Infections - virology; Insects as carriers of disease; Ixodes - physiology; Ixodes - virology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Netherlands; Nymph - virology; Netherlands

Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging flavivirus that is maintained in an enzootic cycle with mosquitoes as vectors and birds as amplifying hosts. In Europe, the virus has caused mass mortality of wild birds, mainly among Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula ) populations. While mosquitoes are the primary v...