Fatal West Nile virus infection in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 246-249

  Miller, Debra L ^a   Radi, Zaher A ^a   Baldwin, Charles ^a   Ingram, Dallas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Flavivirus; Odocoileus virgninanus; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; West Nile virus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; CERVIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 18444367080     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.246     Document Type: Article

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