North American Culex pipiens mosquitoes are competent for Usutu virus transmission
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Usutu virus (USUV, Flaviviridae) is a mosquito-borne, neuroinvasive flavivirus that is maintained in a transmission cycle between Culex spp. mosquitoes and passerine birds. USUV shares close ecological and antigenic similarity to West Nile virus (WNV). Our stu... ...
