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EDENext Number (or EDEN No):
EDENext057
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Year:
2012
Reference:
Hubálek, Z., Rudolf, I., Čapek, M., Bakonyi, T., Betášová, L. and Nowotny, N. (2012), Usutu Virus in Blackbirds (Turdus merula), Czech Republic, 2011–2012. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12025
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Data description:
Flavivirus and USUV specific RT-PCR assay, blackbird
Keywords:
Usutu virus, USUV, blackbird, Turdus merula, Czech Republi
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Abstract:
The central European lineage of Usutu virus was isolated from a blackbird (Turdus merula), which was found dead in the city of Brno, Czech Republic, in 2011. The virus RNA was detected in two other dead blackbirds in Brno during 2012.