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Usutu virus: let’s be vigilant Volume 22, issue 5, Septembre-Octobre 2018

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1 Université de Montpellier,
CHU de Montpellier,
Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infections,
Inserm, EFS,
PPCI. 60 rue de Navacelles
34394 Montpellier, France
2 ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA,
Université de Montpellier,
Campus international de Baillarguet
34398 Montpellier, France
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Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus, close to the West Nile virus (WNV), which was first isolated in South Africa in 1959. This flavivirus has spread to a large part of the European continent, causing bird deaths, particularly in 2018. Although human infection seems to be mostly asymptomatic, several cases of neurological complications (encephalitis, meningoencephalitis) have been described. The description in Montpellier of an atypical case of Bell's palsy suggests that the clinical spectrum of USUV-related infections may be more extensive than expected and highlights our limited knowledge of the pathophysiology of this emerging virus.

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