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ArticleOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2026

Circulation and overwintering of Usutu virus lineages in north-eastern Spain: A one health perspective (2021-2025).

Arjola Leka, Jaume Gardela, Elena Obón, Maria Pifarré, Miguel Julián Martínez, Jéssica Navero-Castillejos, Ramon Casals, Alba Solé, Núria Busquets

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Arjola LekaIRTA. Programa de Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
Jaume GardelaIRTA. Programa de Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
Elena ObónCentre de Fauna de Torreferrussa, Àrea de Gestió Ambiental Servei de Fauna i Flora, Forestal Catalana, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, 08130, Spain.
Maria PifarréCentre de Fauna dels Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Àrea de Gestió Ambiental Servei de Fauna i Flora, Forestal Catalana, Castelló d'Empúries, 17486, Spain.
Miguel Julián MartínezDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Jéssica Navero-CastillejosDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Ramon CasalsSecretaria de Salut Pública, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Alba SoléDepartament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació Generalitat de Catalunya, Servei de Sanitat Animal, Barcelona 08007, Spain.
Núria BusquetsIRTA. Programa de Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that has expanded widely across Europe. While it has been traditionally considered an animal pathogen, reports of human infections and the detection of USUV in blood donors in Europe (including Spain) have increased the public health awareness of this emerging pathogen. In the last decade, serological evidence of USUV circulation in animals have been reported in Northeastern Spain (Catalonia) where human infections have also been recently detected; however, molecular confirmation of viral circulation in wild birds was still lacking. Our main goal was to investigate USUV circulation in Catalonia (2021-2025) using One Health approach through the West Nile virus surveillance program. Once USUV was detected, we aimed to assess USUV overwintering, genetic diversity and pathology in positive wild birds. From 369 bird samples collected, six blackbirds from the Barcelona province resulted USUV-positive in 2022, 2024, and 2025, showing signs of systemic infection. Additionally, USUV was found in a

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Animal healthArbovirusHuman healthSurveillanceUsutu virusVector-born diseaseZoonosis

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PMCPMC13089210

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