Virulence and transmission vary between Usutu virus lineages in Culex pipiens.

• Main Authors: Maxime Prat (Author), Mélanie Jeanneau (Author), Ignace Rakotoarivony (Author), Maxime Duhayon (Author), Yannick Simonin (Author), Giovanni Savini (Author), Pierrick Labbé (Author), Haoues Alout (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Usutu virus (USUV) is a zoonotic arbovirus infecting mainly wild birds. It is transmitted by ornithophilic mosquitoes, mainly of the genus Culex from birds to birds and to several vertebrate dead-end hosts. Several USUV lineages, differing in their virulence have emerged in the last decades and now...