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Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Dispatch

Usutu Virus, Italy, 1996

Herbert WeissenböckComments to Author , Tamás Bakonyi, Giacomo Rossi, Paolo Mani, and Norbert Nowotny
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (H. Weissenböck, T. Bakonyi, N. Nowotny); Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary (T. Bakonyi); University of Camerino, Matelica, Italy (G. Rossi); University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (P. Mani); Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (N. Nowotny)

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Table

Results of IHC analysis and real-time RT-PCR for Usutu virus in birds, Italy, 1996*

Group, protocol no.
 Tissue
 Bird species
 IHC result
 RT-PCR result
1
6439-A1 Lung, kidney, spleen Turdus merula + (kidney) +
6439-C2 Brain T. merula + +
6439-C3 Brain T. merula + +
6439-C4 Brain T. merula + +
6439-D5 Proventriculus, gizzard T. merula – +
6439-D6 Kidney T. merula – +
6439-D7
 Liver
 T. merula
 I
 +
2
6484-A Skeletal muscle T. merula – –
6484-B Spleen T. merula – –
6484-C Intestine T. merula – –
6484-D Liver T. merula – –
6484-E Heart T. merula – –
6484-F
 Lung
 T. merula
 I
–
3
7665-A1 Brain T. merula, T. iliacus, Sturnus vulgaris† – –
7665-A2 Brain T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-B1 Brain T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-B2 Brain, intestine T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-B3 Liver, lung, kidney T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-C1 Brain T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-C2 Heart T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-C3 Liver, intestine, skeletal muscle T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-D1 Brain T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris† – –
7665-D2
 Liver, kidney
 T. merula, T. iliacus, S. vulgaris†
 –
 –
4
7714–1 Heart T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–2 Liver, kidney T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–3 Spleen, bursa T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–4 Brain T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–5 Brain T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–6 Intestine, pancreas T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–7 Heart T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–8 Heart T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–9 Brain T. merula, T. pilaris† – –
7714–10 Kidney T. merula, T. pilaris† – –

*IHC, immunohistochemical; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; +, positive; –, negative; I, inconclusive.
†Blocks not assignable to individual bird species.

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