Response of house finches to infection with sympatric and allopatric strains of western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses from California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-264

  Reisen, William K ^a,b   Kramer, Laura D ^a   Chiles, Robert E ^a   Martinez, Vincent M ^a   Eldridge, Bruce F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; House finch; Infection; St. Louis encephalitis virus; Viremia; Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CULEX TARSALIS; EQUIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SONGBIRD; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HUMANS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0034151595     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.2.259     Document Type: Article

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