Usutu virus in bats, Germany, 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1771-1773

  Cadar, Daniel ^a   Becker, Norbert ^b   de Mendonca Campos, Renata ^c   Börstler, Jessica ^a   Jöst, Hanna ^a,d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a,d  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b German Mosquito Control Association (KABS)   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Center for Structural Systems Biology Helmholtz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTIRELIN;

BAT; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIPISTRELLUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOVIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GERMANY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84907287866     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2010.140909     Document Type: Letter

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