Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F24%3A00597685" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/24:00597685 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/24:00138731
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone
Original language description
The family Cimicidae comprises ectoparasites feeding exclusively on the blood of endothermic animals. Cimicid swallow bugs specifically target swallow birds (Hirundinidae) and their nestlings in infested nests. Bugs of the genus Oeciacus are commonly found in mud nests of swallows and martins, while they rarely visit the homes of humans. Although-unlike other cimicid species-the house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis has never been reported as a vector of zoonotic pathogens, its possible role in arbovirus circulation in continental Europe is unclear. Samples of O. hirundinis were therefore collected from abandoned house martin (Delichon urbicum) nests in southern Moravia (Czech Republic) during the 2021/2022 winter season and checked for alpha-, flavi- and bunyaviruses by RT-PCR. Of a total of 96 pools consisting of three adult bugs each, one pool tested positive for Usutu virus (USUV)-RNA. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus strain was closely related to Italian and some Central European strains and corresponded to USUV lineage 5. The detection of USUV in O. hirundinis during wintertime in the absence of swallows raises the question for a possible role of this avian ectoparasite in virus overwintering in Europe.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10606 - Microbiology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NU21-05-00143" target="_blank" >NU21-05-00143: Hidden zoonoses - uncovering new pathogenic agents from wildlife</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology Research
ISSN
0932-0113
e-ISSN
1432-1955
Volume of the periodical
123
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
304
UT code for WoS article
001295037200002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85201535697