Usutu virus in Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1417-1423

  Nikolay, Birgit ^a,b   Diallo, Mawlouth ^a   Boye, Cheikh Saad Bouh ^c   Sall, Amadou Alpha ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Arbovirus(es); Flavivirus; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AFRICA; AUSTRIA; BIRD; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RODENT; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU VIRUS;

EID: 81155125677     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0631     Document Type: Review

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