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Assessment of vector competence of UK mosquitoes for Usutu virus of African origin

BACKGROUND: Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging zoonotic virus originally from sub-Saharan Africa. It has been introduced into Europe on multiple occasions, causing substantial mortality within the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) population. It is transmitted by the mosquito species Culex pipiens i...

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Autores principales: Hernández-Triana, Luis M., de Marco, Maria Fernández, Mansfield, Karen L., Thorne, Leigh, Lumley, Sarah, Marston, Denise, Fooks, Anthony A., Johnson, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29970149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2959-5