West Nile viral encephalitis

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 166-176

  Komar, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Epidemiology; Equine encephalitis; Equines; Flaviviruses; North America; Public health; Reviews; West Nile virus; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CORVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH AMERICA; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 0012120835     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1201     Document Type: Article

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