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Validating Whole Genome Nanopore Sequencing, using Usutu Virus as an Example
Published on: March 11, 2020
[Usutu virus: let's be vigilant]
Vincent Foulongne1, Marion Clé1, Serafin Gutierrez2
1Université de Montpellier, CHU de Montpellier, Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infections, Inserm, EFS, PPCI. 60 rue de Navacelles 34394 Montpellier, France.
Abstract:
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus, close to the West Nile virus (WNV), which was first isolated in South Africa in 1959. This flavivirus has spread to a large part of the European continent, causing bird deaths, particularly in 2018. Although human infection seems to be mostly asymptomatic, several cases of neurological complications (encephalitis, meningoencephalitis) have been described. The description in Montpellier of an atypical case of Bell's palsy suggests that the clinical spectrum of USUV-related infections may be more extensive than expected and highlights our limited knowledge of the pathophysiology of this emerging virus.
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