Limited pathogenicity of Usutu virus for the domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus)

Avian Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 392-395

  Chvala, S ^a   Bakonyi, T ^a   Hackl, R ^b   Hess, M ^b   Nowotny, N ^a,c   Weissenbock H ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TURDUS MERULA; USUTU VIRUS;

EID: 26644457657     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450500268500     Document Type: Article

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