Ockelbo virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) neutralizing antibodies in experimentally infected Swedish birds

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Lundström, Jan O ^a,b   Niklasson, Bo ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Anseriformes; Birds; Immune response; Neutralizing antibodies; Ockelbo virus; Passeriformes; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; OCKELBO VIRUS; PASSERIFORMES; SINDBIS VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWEDEN; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; VIREMIA;

EID: 0029691691     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.87     Document Type: Article

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