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Isolation of sindbis virus from a hooded crow in Germany.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2014
Eiden Martin, Ziegler Ute, Keller Markus, Müller Kerstin, Granzow Harald, Jöst Hanna, Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas, Groschup Martin H
Abstract excerpt
Sindbis virus (SINV) is an arbovirus that causes clinical symptoms, including arthritis, rash, and fever during acute human infections. In Europe, SINV outbreaks are largely restricted to northern Europe. Intrigued by the isolation of SINV from mosquitoes in southwestern Germany in 2009, we initiated a passive arbovirus-monitoring program in birds and analyzed a total of 685 samples. By this approach, we were...
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