Usutu Virus in Blackbirds (<i>Turdus merula</i>), Czech Republic, 2011-2012

Abstract

The central European lineage of Usutu virus was isolated from a blackbird (Turdus merula), which was found dead in the city of Brno, Czech Republic, in 2011. The virus RNA was detected in two other dead blackbirds in Brno during 2012.