Usutu Virus in Blackbirds (Turdus merula), Czech Republic, 2011-2012

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-276

  Hubalek Z ^a   Rudolf, I ^a   Capek M ^a   Bakonyi, T ^b,c   Betasova L ^a   Nowotny, N ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Czechland; Turdus merula; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLACKBIRD; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; CZECHLAND; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

BLACKBIRD; CZECHLAND; TURDUS MERULA; USUTU VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898880859     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12025     Document Type: Article

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