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Usutu Virus, Italy, 1996

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Retrospective analysis of archived tissue samples from bird deaths in the Tuscany region of Italy in 1996 identified Usutu virus. Partial sequencing confirmed identity with the 2001 Vienna strain and provided evidence for a much earlier introduction of this virus into Europe than previously assumed.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.121191

Authors: Herbert Weissenböck, Tamás Bakonyi, Giacomo Rossi, Paolo Mani, Norbert Nowotny

Institutions: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Università di Camerino, University of Pisa, Sultan Qaboos University

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: European Commission, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien

Awards: Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe, European West Nile collaborative research project