Eastern equine encephalitis virus in birds: Relative competence of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Komar, Nicholas ^a   Dohm, David J ^b   Turell, Michael J ^b   Spielman, Andrew ^c  

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

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS;

EID: 0032958970     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.387     Document Type: Article

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