Widespread Usutu virus outbreak in birds in The Netherlands, 2016

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 45, 2016, Pages

  Rijks, Jolianne M ^a   Kik, M ^a   Slaterus, R ^b   Foppen, R ^b,c   Stroo, A ^d   Ijzer, J ^a   Stahl, J ^b   Grone A ^a   Koopmans, M ^e   van der Jeugd, H ^f   Reusken, C ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLAVIVIRUS; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84996995641     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.45.30391     Document Type: Article

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