Table 2.
Molecular epidemiology of Usutu virus (USUV) in Europe. USUV Europe 2 lineage is the most prevalent genetic lineage detected in birds, mosquitoes and humans. In birds, Europe lineage 1, 3–5 and Africa 2 and 3 lineages were detected as well. Europe 3 and 4 and Africa 2 and 3 lineages were detected in mosquitoes. In bats, only Europe 3 lineage was documented so far.
| Country |
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Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Europe 2* Africa 3* |
Europe 1,2 Africa 3 |
Europe 2** | [34,35,62,63] | |
| Belgium | Europe 1,3 Africa 3 |
Europe 3 | Europe 3 | [20,36,62,63] | |
| Croatia | Europe 2 | Europe 2 | Europe 2 | [32] | |
| Czech Republic | Europe 1,2,3 Africa 3 |
Europe 2 | [18,42] | ||
| France | Africa 2 | Europe 3 | Europe 2 Africa 2,3 |
[31,44] | |
| Germany | Europe 3 | Europe 2,3,5 Africa 2,3 Africa 3-like |
Europe 3 Africa 3 |
Europe 3 | [9,19,63,64,65,66] |
| Hungary | Europe 2 | Europe 1,2 | [34,39,47,67] | ||
| Italy | Europe 1,2*,3*,4* | Europe 2,4 | Europe 2,4 | [16,29,63,68,69] | |
| Netherlands | Europe 3 | Europe 3 Africa 3 |
[70,71] | ||
| Serbia | Europe 1,2 | [72,73] | |||
| Slovakia | Europe 2 | [55] | |||
| Spain | Africa 2 | Africa 2 | [1,74] | ||
| Switzerland | Europe 1 | [60] |
*Blood donors/donations; **based on nucleotide sequences retrieved from the GenBank.