Investigations of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus as the causative agent of psittacine proventricular dilatation syndrome

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-193

  Gregory, Christopher R ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a   Niagro, Frank D ^a,b   Roberts, A Wayne ^a   Campagnoli, Raymond P ^a   Pesti, Denise A ^a   Ritchie, Branson W ^a   Lukert, Phil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE); In situ hybridization; Proventricular dilatation syndrome (PDS); Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); Virus isolation; Virus neutralization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002107830     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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