West Nile virus: An historical overview

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 6-10

  Sejvar, James J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0347530536     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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