Usutu Virus Antibody Dynamics in Naturally Infected Blackbirds, the Netherlands, 2016–2018
Usutu virus is a zoonotic arbovirus that causes massive mortality in blackbirds. Using a unique longitudinal dataset on the kinetics of virus-specific antibodies in naturally infected wild blackbirds (Turdus merula), we found that individual birds may remain seropositive for >1 year and that reinfection can occur despite low-level virus neutralizing antibodies.
Authors
- Marion Koopmans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-2312)
- Erwin de Bruin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-5102)
- Felicity Chandler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3465-6409)
- Jurrian van Irsel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2535-705X)
- Chantal B. E. M. Reusken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4605-9174)
- Robert Kohl
- Fransien de Boer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8285-7870)
- Henk P. van der Jeugd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-9526)
- Anne van der Linden
- Tess van de Voorde
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3106.241744
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.19