TY - JOUR AU - Weissenböck, Herbert AU - Bakonyi, Tamás AU - Rossi, Giacomo AU - Mani, Paolo AU - Nowotny, Norbert T1 - Usutu Virus, Italy, 1996 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 274 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Retrospective analysis of archived tissue samples from bird deaths in the Tuscany region of Italy in 1996 identified Usutu virus. Partial sequencing confirmed identity with the 2001 Vienna strain and provided evidence for a much earlier introduction of this virus into Europe than previously assumed. KW - Usutu virus KW - viruses KW - blackbirds KW - mortality KW - archived tissue samples KW - Italy KW - Europe KW - birds KW - bird deaths DO - 10.3201/eid1902.121191 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-1191_article ER - End of Reference