Usutu virus activity in Austria, 2001-2002
Usutu virus activity in Austria, 2001-2002
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DOI：
10.1016/s1286-4579(03)00204-1
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发表时间：
2003-10-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Nowotny, N
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作者：
Weissenböck, H;Kolodziejek, J;Nowotny, N
Usutu病毒(USUV)是黄病毒科蚊媒分支的成员，是2001年奥地利禽类死亡的罪魁祸首。2002年，该病毒继续导致鸟类死亡，主要是黑鸟。维也纳市内和下奥地利联邦州周边地区的禽类死亡人数很多，而联邦州Styria和Burgenland发现了单一的死亡病例。共有72只禽鸟被送往实验室进行检查，其中30只经免疫组织化学和/或聚合酶链式反应检测USUV呈阳性。实验室确认的USUV感染病例仅来自联邦州维也纳和下奥地利州。数据显示：(I)USUV已设法越冬，并能够在奥地利建立传播周期；(Ii)该病毒似乎已成为奥地利的常驻病原体，并有蔓延至其他地理地区的趋势；(Iii)对死亡黑鸟的监测是监测USUV活动的有用哨点系统。(C)2003年版《爱思唯尔科学与医学》。版权所有。
Usutu virus (USUV), a member of the mosquito-borne clade within the Flaviviridae family, was responsible for avian mortality in Austria in 2001. In 2002, the virus continued to kill birds, predominantly blackbirds. High numbers of avian deaths were recorded within the city of Vienna and in surrounding districts of the federal state of Lower Austria, while single die-offs were noticed in the federal states of Styria and Burgenland. A total of 72 birds were submitted for laboratory examination, 30 of which tested positive for USUV by immunohistochemistry and/or polymerase chain reaction. Laboratory-confirmed cases of USUV infection originated from the federal states of Vienna and Lower Austria only. The data show that (i) USUV has managed to overwinter and has been able to establish a transmission cycle in Austria, (ii) the virus seems to have become a resident pathogen of Austria with a tendency to spread to other geographic areas, and (iii) the surveillance of dead blackbirds is a useful sentinel system for monitoring USUV activity. (C) 2003 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.