Mouse and baby chicken virulence of enzootic strains of western equine encephalomyelitis virus from California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 240-244

  Hardy, James L ^a   Presser, Sally B ^a   Chiles, Robert E ^a,b   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEDES; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

AEDES MELANIMON; ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; CULEX TARSALIS; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; WEE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030790323     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.240     Document Type: Article

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