Mosquito species involved in the circulation of West Nile and Usutu viruses in Italy;Specie di zanzare coinvolte nella circolazione dei virus della West Nile e Usutu in Italia

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 97-110

  Mancini, Giuseppe ^a   Montarsi, Fabrizio ^b   Calzolari, Mattia ^c   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Dottori, Michele ^c   Ravagnan, Silvia ^b   Lelli, Davide ^c   Chiari, Mario ^c   Santilli, Adriana ^a   Quaglia, Michela ^a   Federici, Valentina ^a   Monaco, Federica ^a   Goffredo, Maria ^a   Savini, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mosquitoes; Overwintering; Polymerase chain reaction; Usutu virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; ITALY; MOSQUITO VECTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 85022028183     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.114.933.4764.2     Document Type: Article

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