West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in eight horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1576-1579

  Snook, Corrina S ^a   Hyman, Sallie S ^a   Del Piero, Fabio ^b   Palmer, Jonathan E ^a   Ostlund, Eileen N ^c   Barr, Bonnie S ^a   Desrochers, Anne M ^a   Reilly, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEROTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0035874341     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1576     Document Type: Article

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