Comprehensive response to Usutu virus following first isolation in blood donors in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy: Development of recombinant NS1-based serology and sensitivity to antiviral drugs.

• Main Authors: Ilaria Caracciolo (Author), Erick Mora-Cardenas (Author), Chiara Aloise (Author), Tea Carletti (Author), Ludovica Segat (Author), Maria Sole Burali (Author), Alexsia Chiarvesio (Author), Vivianna Totis (Author), Tatjana Avšič-Županc (Author), Eloise Mastrangelo (Author), Giuseppe Manfroni (Author), Pierlanfranco D'Agaro (Author), Alessandro Marcello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surveillance of Usutu virus is crucial to prevent future outbreaks both in Europe and in other countries currently naïve to the infection, such as the Americas. This goal remains difficult to achieve, notably because of the lack of large-scale cohort studies and the absence of commercially availabl...