Usutu virus activity in Austria, 2001-2002

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1132-1136

  Weissenböck, Herbert ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^a   Fragner, Karin ^a   Kuhn, Roland ^b   Pfeffer, Martin ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Austria; Avian mortality; Usutu virus; USUV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRD; CITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCUMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AVES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; USUTU VIRUS;

EID: 0141526356     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00204-1     Document Type: Article

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