Experimental and natural infection of North American bats with West Nile virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-469

  Davis, April ^a   Bunning, Michel ^b   Gordy, Paul ^a   Panella, Nicholas ^b   Blitvich, Bradley ^a   Bowen, Richard ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 24644485307     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.467     Document Type: Article

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