Usutu Virus in Blackbirds (Turdus merula), Czech Republic, 2011–2012

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EDENext Number (or EDEN No): 

EDENext057

Authors: 

Z. Hubalek, I. Rudolf, M. Capek, T. Bakonyi, L. Betášová and N. Nowotny

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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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Link to publication on Wiley

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.