Mosquito, bird and human surveillance of west nile and Usutu viruses in Emilia-Romagna region (italy) in 2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Calzolari, Mattia ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^b   Bellini, Romeo ^c   Defilippo, Francesco ^a   Pierro, Anna ^b   Albieri, Alessandro ^c   Maioli, Giulia ^a   Luppi, Andrea ^a   Rossini, Giada ^b   Balzani, Agnese ^a   Tamba, Marco ^a   Galletti, Giorgio ^a   Gelati, Antonio ^d   Carrieri, Marco ^c   Poglayen, Giovanni ^e   Cavrini, Francesca ^b   Natalini, Silvano ^f   Dottori, Michele ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^b   Angelini, Paola ^f   Bonilauri, Paolo ^a   more..

^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 AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f DG Sanità e Politiche Sociali Regione Emilia Romagna ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX PIPIENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; EMILIA; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; DIFFUSION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; ITALY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861588510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038058     Document Type: Article

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