An overview of Usutu virus

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2017, Pages 382-387

  Gaibani, Paolo ^a   Rossini, Giada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epidemiology; Human infection; Phylogeny; Structure; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; PHYLOGENY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85020778456     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.05.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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