West Nile virus detection in American crows

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1319-1321

  Yaremych, Sarah A ^a,c   Warner, Richard E ^a   Van de Wyngaerde, Marshall T ^b   Ringia, Adam M ^b   Lampman, Richard ^b   Novak, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TISSUE; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0141643207     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030306     Document Type: Article

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