Corvidae Feather Pulp and West Nile Virus Detection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 907-909

  Docherty, Douglas E ^a   Long, Renee Romaine ^a   Griffin, Kathryn M ^a   Saito, Emi K ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CLOACA; FEATHER; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 2142812383     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030825     Document Type: Article

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