Evidence of mosquito-transmitted flavivirus circulation in Piedmont, north-western Italy

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cerutti, Francesco ^a   Giacobini, Mario ^a   Mosca, Andrea ^b   Grasso, Ivan ^b   Rambozzi, Luisa ^a   Rossi, Luca ^a   Bertolotti, Luigi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b regional government owned corporation of Regione Piemonte   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Insect Flavivirus; Ochlerotatus caspius; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; URBAN AREA; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN EUROPE;

CULEX PIPIENS; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861203345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-99     Document Type: Article

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