Geographic factors contributing to a high seroprevalence of West Nile virus-specific antibodies in humans following an epidemic

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-318

  Schweitzer, Beth K ^a   Kramer, Wayne L ^b,e   Sambol, Anthony R ^a   Meza, Jane L ^c   Hinrichs, Steven H ^d   Iwen, Peter C ^d  

^a Nebraska Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^b Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33645537079     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.13.3.314-318.2006     Document Type: Article

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