Prevalence of Sindbis virus neutralizing antibodies among Swedish passerines indicates that thrushes are the main amplifying hosts

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Lundström, Jan O ^a   Lindström, Karin M ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a,b,c   Dufva, Reija ^a   Krakower, Douglas S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Neutralizing antibodies; Passeriformes; Sindbis virus; Turdus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; SWEDEN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; SINDBIS VIRUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035287106     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.289     Document Type: Article

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