Usutu Virus as cause of mass mortality in Blackbirds Turdus merula and other bird species in Europe: Experiences from five outbreaks between 2001 and 2011;Das Usutu-Virus als Ursache von Massensterben bei Amseln Turdus merula und anderen Vogelarten in Europa: Erfahrungen aus fünf Ausbrüchen zwischen 2001 und 2011

Vogelwarte

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-122

  Bosch, Stefan ^a   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^b   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Bernhard Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin ^*  (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIBERNATION; MASS MORTALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; MOSQUITO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSERINE; RAPTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; AUSTRIA;

AVES; CORVIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX NEBULOSA; STRIX URALENSIS; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS MERULA; USUTU VIRUS;

EID: 84863622762     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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