Evidence for an independent third Usutu virus introduction into Germany

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-66

  Ziegler, Ute ^a   Fast, Christine ^a   Eiden, Martin ^a   Bock, Sabine ^b   Schulze, Christoph ^b   Hoeper, Dirk ^a   Ochs, Andreas ^c   Schlieben, Patricia ^b   Keller, Markus ^a   Zielke, Dorothee E ^a   Luehken, Renke ^d   Cadar, Daniel ^d   Walther, Doreen ^e   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^d,f   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Landeslabor Berlin Brandenburg   (Germany)

^c Zoological Garden of Berlin   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^f German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Emerging virus; Germany; Immunohistochemistry; Usutu virus; Virus phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OWL; PHYLOGENY; USUTU VIRUS; USUTU VIRUS INFECTION; VERO CELL LINE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GERMANY; PHYLOGENY; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84977676078     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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