Usutu virus in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy): Implications for the public health

Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Calzolari, Mattia ^a   Gaibani, P ^b   Bellini, R ^c   Bonilauri, P ^a   Albieri, A ^c   Pierro, A ^b   Maioli, G ^a   Rossini, G ^b   Defilippo, F ^a   Tamba, M ^a   Cavrini, F ^b   Natalini, S ^d   Sambri, V ^b   Angelini, P ^d   Dottori, M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli(CAA)   (Italy)

^d Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bird; Flavivirus; Mosquito; Surveillance; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 84856247579     PISSN: 03943445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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