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Integrated analysis of human-animal-vector surveillance: West Nile virus infections in Austria, 2015–2016

Jolanta KolodziejekViral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of VirologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria
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Christof JungbauerBlood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and BurgenlandAustrian Red Cross Wiedner Hauptstraße 32 1040ViennaAustria
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Stephan W. AberleCenter for VirologyMedical University of Vienna Kinderspitalgasse 15 1090ViennaAustria
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Franz AllerbergerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) Währingerstraße 25a 1096ViennaAustria
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Zoltán BagóInstitute for Veterinary Disease Control MödlingAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) Robert Koch-Gasse 17 2340MödlingAustria
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Jeremy V. CampViral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of VirologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria
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Katharina DimmelViral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of VirologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria
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Phebe de HeusSection Equine Internal Medicine, Equine University ClinicUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria
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Michael KolodziejekViral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of VirologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria
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Peter SchieferInstitute for Veterinary Disease Control MödlingAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) Robert Koch-Gasse 17 2340MödlingAustria
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Bernhard SeidelTechnical Office of Ecology and Landscape Assessment Nibelungenstraße 51 3680PersenbeugAustria
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Karin StiasnyCenter for VirologyMedical University of Vienna Kinderspitalgasse 15 1090ViennaAustria
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Norbert NowotnyViral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of VirologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1 1210ViennaAustria;Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of MedicineMohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City P.O. Box 505055 Building 14 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-15 | Received 14 Oct 2017, Accepted 27 Dec 2017, Published online: 14 Mar 2018

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