TY - JOUR AU - Cadar, Daniel AU - Bosch, Stefan AU - Jöst, Hanna AU - Börstler, Jessica AU - Garigliany, Mutien-Marie AU - Becker, Norbert AU - Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas T1 - Putative Lineage of Novel African Usutu Virus, Central Europe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1647 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We characterized the complete genome of a putative novel Usutu virus (USUV) strain (Usutu-BONN) detected in a dead blackbird from Germany. Genomic analysis revealed several unique amino acid substitutions among the polyprotein gene. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that Usutu-BONN constitutes a putative novel African USUV lineage, which was probably recently introduced to central Europe. KW - African Usutu virus KW - complete genome KW - novel lineage KW - phylogeny KW - Central Europe KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2109.142026 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/14-2026_article ER - End of Reference