Usutu virus

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Etymology

Named after the Usutu River in South Africa, where it was first identified in mosquitoes.

Noun

Usutu virus

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis complex, mainly infecting Culex mosquitoes and birds, but transmissible to humans.

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