Antibodies to West Nile virus in asymptomatic mammals, birds, and reptiles in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 908-914

  Farfán Ale, José A ^a   Blitvich, Bradley J ^b   Marlenee, Nicole L ^b   Loroño Pino, María A ^b   Puerto Manzano, Fernando ^a   García Rejón, Julián E ^a   Rosado Paredes, Elsy P ^a   Flores Flores, Luis F ^a   Ortega Salazar, Andres ^a   Chávez Medina, Jaidy ^a   Cremieux Grimaldi, Juan C ^c   Correa Morales, Favián ^c   Hernández Gaona, Gerson ^c   Méndez Galván, Jorge F ^c   Beaty, Barry J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS LATRANS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MAMMALS; MEXICO; REPTILES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33745015046     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.908     Document Type: Article

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