Isolation and identification of group B arboviruses from the blood of birds captured in Czechoslovakia.
Three West Nile (WN) virus strains were isolated from the blood of birds (Tringa ochropus, Vanellus vanellus and Streptopenia turtur) captured in south Slovakia.  One strain of tick-borne encephalitis (TE) virus was isolated from the blood of Tringa ochropus captured in south Moravia.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012845:Sindbis Virus / Q000276:immunology
D000956:Antigens, Viral