West Nile Virus and High Death Rate in American Crows

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 709-711

  Yaremych, Sarah A ^a,c   Warner, Richard E ^a   Mankin, Phil C ^a   Brawn, Jeff D ^a   Raim, Arlo ^b   Novak, Robert ^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

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 1842588495     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1004.030499     Document Type: Article

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