Avian serology in a St. Louis encephalitis epicenter before, during, and after a widespread epidemic in south Florida, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 614-624

  Day, Jonathan F ^a   Stark, Lillian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviral transmission; Avian amplification hosts; Encephalitis; St. Louis encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; FLORIDA;

EID: 0033193613     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.5.614     Document Type: Article

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