Serologic evidence of West Nile virus transmission, Jamaica, West Indies

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 860-863

  Dupuis II, Alan P ^a,c   Marra, Peter P ^b   Kramer, Laura D ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Griffin Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; JAMAICA; MIGRATION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0038724747     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0907.030249     Document Type: Article

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