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In the summer of 2016, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands reported widespread Usutu virus (USUV) activity based on live and dead bird surveillance. The causative USUV strains represented four lineages, of which two putative novel lineages were most likely recently introduced into Germany and spread to other western European countries. The spatial extent of the outbreak area corresponded with R values > 1. The occurrence of the outbreak, the largest USUV epizootic registered so far in Europe, allowed us to gain insight in how a recently introduced arbovirus with potential public health implications can spread and become a resident pathogen in a naïve environment. Understanding the ecological and epidemiological factors that drive the emergence or re-emergence of USUV is critical to develop and implement timely surveillance strategies for adequate preventive and control measures. Public health authorities, blood transfusion services and clinicians in countries where USUV was detected should be aware of the risk of possible USUV infection in humans, including in patients with unexplained encephalitis or other neurological impairments, especially during late summer when mosquito densities peak.

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Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+Cadar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cadar Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Renke+L%C3%BChken&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lühken Renke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Henk+van+der+Jeugd&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van der Jeugd Henk</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mutien+Garigliany&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Garigliany Mutien</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ute+Ziegler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ziegler Ute</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Markus+Keller&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Keller Markus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jennifer+Lahoreau&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lahoreau Jennifer</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lars+Lachmann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lachmann Lars</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Norbert+Becker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Becker Norbert</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marja+Kik&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kik Marja</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bas+B++Oude+Munnink&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Oude Munnink Bas B </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefan+Bosch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bosch Stefan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Egbert+Tannich&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tannich Egbert</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Annick+Linden&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Linden Annick</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Volker+Schmidt&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schmidt Volker</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marion+P+Koopmans&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Koopmans Marion P</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jolianne+Rijks&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rijks Jolianne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+Desmecht&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Desmecht Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Martin+H+Groschup&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Groschup Martin H</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Chantal+Reusken&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reusken Chantal</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jonas+Schmidt-Chanasit&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas</a></span>. Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(4):pii=30452. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30452" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30452</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 25 Nov 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 11 Jan 2017 </span> </p>
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