Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus
hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus
overwintering in a temperate zone

J 2024

Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone

SIKUTOVA, Silvie; Jan MENDEL; Kristina MRAVCOVA; Romana KEJIKOVA; Zdenek HUBALEK et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone

Autoři

SIKUTOVA, Silvie; Jan MENDEL; Kristina MRAVCOVA; Romana KEJIKOVA; Zdenek HUBALEK; Helge KAMPEN a Ivo RUDOLF

Vydání

Parasitology Research, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024, 0932-0113

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10606 Microbiology

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.000

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/24:00138731

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Oeciacus hirundinis; Usutu virus; House martin; Overwintering; Cimicidae; Hirundo rustica

Štítky

14314010, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 31. 1. 2025 14:36, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

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.

Citovat

SIKUTOVA, Silvie; Jan MENDEL; Kristina MRAVCOVA; Romana KEJIKOVA; Zdenek HUBALEK; Helge KAMPEN a Ivo RUDOLF. Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone. Parasitology Research. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024, roč. 123, č. 8, s. 1-6. ISSN 0932-0113. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8.

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N2  - 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.
ER  -

SIKUTOVA, Silvie; Jan MENDEL; Kristina MRAVCOVA; Romana KEJIKOVA; Zdenek HUBALEK; Helge KAMPEN a Ivo RUDOLF. Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone. \textit{Parasitology Research}. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024, roč.~123, č.~8, s.~1-6. ISSN~0932-0113. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08325-8.

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