Outcome of equids with clinical signs of West Nile virus infection and factors associated with death

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Salazar, Patricia ^a,e   Traub Dargatz, Josie L ^a   Morley, Paul S ^a   Wilmot, Delwin D ^b   Steffen, David J ^c   Cunningham, Wayne E ^d   Salman, M D ^a  

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

^b Bureau of Animal Industry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Division of Animal Industry   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; LETHARGY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEBRASKA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3142689603     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.267     Document Type: Article

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