Investigation of an outbreak of encephalomyelitis caused by West Nile virus in 136 horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Ward, Michael P ^a   Levy, Michel ^a   Thacker, H Leon ^a   Ash, Marianne ^b   Norman, Sandra K L ^b   Moore, George E ^a   Webb, Paul W ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana Board of Health   (United States)

^c Millersburg Animal Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIANA; MALE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3042723282     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.84     Document Type: Article

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