Detection of Usutu virus in a bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and a great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in north-west Europe

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-193

  Garigliany, Mutien Marie ^a   Marlier, Didier ^a   Tenner Racz, Klara ^b   Eiden, Martin ^c   Cassart, Dominique ^a   Gandar, Frédéric ^a   Beer, Martin ^c   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^b   Desmecht, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullfinch; Europe; Flaviviridae; Passeriformes; Usutu virus; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIRD; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN NECROSIS; CEREBELLUM; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892959417     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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