West Nile Virus in Morocco, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 306-309

  Schuffenecker, Isabelle ^a   Peyrefitte, Christophe N ^b   El Harrak, Mohammed ^c   Murri, Séverine ^a   Leblond, Agnès ^d   Zeller, Hervé G ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c Laboratoire Bio Pharma   (Morocco)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BIOPSY; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 13744251086     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040817     Document Type: Review

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