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USUV in human cerebrospinal fluids

Posted by mattia_calzolari on 09 Mar 2011 at 09:54 GMT

Furthermore, Usutu virus was detected in serum of two organ donors tested in a retrospective WNV screening performed in Italy in 2009
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Usutu virus was also detected, by specific RT-PCR, in cerebrospinal fluid from 3 patiens (out of 44 tested) with a suspected meningoencephalitis and negatives for WNV RNA. Samples were from Emilia-Romagna and refered to the 2008-2009 summers (Cavrini et al. J Clin Virol. 2011 50:221-320).

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