Persistence of antibodies to West Nile virus in naturally infected rock pigeons (Columba livia)

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 665-667

  Gibbs, Samantha E J ^a   Hoffman, Douglas M ^b   Stark, Lillian M ^c   Marlenee, Nicole L ^d   Blitvich, Bradley J ^d   Beaty, Barry J ^d   Stallknecht, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PLAQUE ASSAY; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 23944465929     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.5.665-667.2005     Document Type: Article

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