Detection of usutu virus within a west nile virus surveillance program in northern Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 551-557

  Tamba, Marco ^a   Bonilauri, Paolo ^a   Bellini, Romeo ^b   Calzolari, Mattia ^a   Albieri, Alessandro ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^c   Dottori, Michele ^a   Angelini, Paola ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Emilia Romagna Region Public Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Flavivirus; Mosquito(es); Usutu Viru; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCULATION; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAMMALIA; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79957606792     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0055     Document Type: Article

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