title: Usutu virus in blackbirds (Turdus merula), Czech Republic, 2011-2012.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hubálek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Čapek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bakonyi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Betášová
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nowotny
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003710:Demography; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers
keywords: Czechland; Turdus merula; Usutu virus; blackbird