West Nile virus: Is there a message for Australia?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-6

  Mackenzie, John S ^a   Smith, David W ^b   Hall, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; BIRD; CHILL; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KUNJIN VIRUS; MALAISE; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0037421296     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05029.x     Document Type: Editorial

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