The ecology of West Nile virus in South Africa and the occurrence of outbreaks in humans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 951, Issue , 2001, Pages 143-152

  Jupp, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecology; Human outbreaks; South Africa; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULEX; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FLAVIVIRUS; MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0035684041     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02692.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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