Monitoring of Usutu virus activity and spread by using dead bird surveillance in Austria, 2003-2005

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Chvala, S ^a   Bakonyi, T ^b,c   Bukovsky, C ^a   Meister, T ^a   Brugger, K ^a   Rubel, F ^a   Nowotny, N ^b   Weissenbock H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Department of Diagnostic Imaging Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pathology   (Austria)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Austria; Avian mortality; Surveillance; Usutu virus; USUV

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA; USUTU VIRUS;

EID: 34248582880     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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