The common coot as sentinel species for the presence of West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses in Central Europe

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-161

  Straková, Petra ^a,b   Šikutová, Silvie ^a   Jedličková, Petra ^a   Sitko, Jiljí ^c   Rudolf, Ivo ^a,b   Hubálek, Zdenek ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Ornithological Station ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Common coot; Culex spp; Fulica atra; Mosquito borne viruses; Surveillance; Usutu virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMON COOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE VIRUS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84942110609     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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