Serologic survey of cats and dogs during an epidemic of West Nile virus infection in humans

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1349-1353

  Kile, James C ^a,e   Panella, Nicholas A ^b   Komar, Nicholas ^b   Chow, Catherine C ^b,f   MacNeil, Adam ^c,g   Robbins, Brent ^d   Bunning, Michel L ^b,h  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^d St Tammany Parish Dept Anim Serv   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Scott Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 17144412632     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1349     Document Type: Review

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