Usutu Virus Epizootic and Plasmodium Coinfection in Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Flanders, Belgium

Lieze Oscar Rouffaer; Mieke Steensels; Marc Verlinden; Muriel Vervaeke; Roschong Boonyarittichaikij; An Martel; Bénédicte Lambrecht

doi:10.7589/2017-07-163

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Lieze Oscar Rouffaer,^1,*,** Mieke Steensels,^2,*,** Marc Verlinden,¹ Muriel Vervaeke,³ Roschong Boonyarittichaikij,¹ An Martel,¹ Bénédicte Lambrecht²

¹1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent Uni
²2Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, CODA–CERVA, Avian Virology and Immunology Unit, Groese
³3Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB), Havenlaan 88 Bus 75, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

^*Corresponding authors (emails: lieze_rouffaer@hotmail.com; Miste@coda-cerva.be)
^**These authors contributed equally to the manuscript;

Abstract

At the end of the summer of 2016, unusually high levels of mortality were detected in Passeriformes and Strigiformes in Flanders, Belgium, mainly in Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula). A passive surveillance program demonstrated a widespread Usutu virus outbreak and revealed a coinfection with Plasmodium in 99% of the dead passerine birds that were necropsied.

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Lieze Oscar Rouffaer, Mieke Steensels, Marc Verlinden, Muriel Vervaeke, Roschong Boonyarittichaikij, An Martel, and Bénédicte Lambrecht "Usutu Virus Epizootic and Plasmodium Coinfection in Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Flanders, Belgium," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(4), 859-862, (1 October 2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-07-163

Received: 5 July 2017; Accepted: 26 January 2018; Published: 1 October 2018

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