Investigation into Usutu and West Nile viruses in ticks from wild birds in Northwestern Italy, 2012-2014

New Microbiologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 56-57

  Llopis, Isis Victoriano ^a   Tomassone, Laura ^a   Grego, Elena ^a   Silvano, Fabrizio ^b   Rossi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodes spp.; USUV; WNV

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; FLAVIVIRIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; ITALY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 85018762883     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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