West Nile virus infection in humans and horses, Cuba

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1022-1024

  Pupo, Maritza ^a   Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe ^a   Fernández, Roberto ^a   Llop, Alina ^a   Dickinson, Félix Orlando ^a   Pérez, Daniel ^a   Cruz, Raúl ^b   González, Tayri ^b   Estévez, Gonzalo ^b   González, Hiram ^c   Santos, Paulino ^d   Kourí, Gustavo ^a   Andonova, Maya ^e   Lindsay, Robbin ^e   Artsob, Harvey ^e   Drebot, Michael ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA   (Cuba)

^d Instituto de Medicina Veterinaria   (Cuba)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CUBA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HORSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RNA EXTRACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33744905362     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.051235     Document Type: Article

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