Does the roosting behavior of birds affect transmission dynamics of West Nile virus?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-355

  Ward, Michael P ^a   Raim, Arlo ^a   Yaremych Hamer, Sarah ^b   Lampman, Richard ^a   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TELEMETRY; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SONGBIRD; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AVES; CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; PASSERIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; ILLINOIS; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33748743294     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.350     Document Type: Article

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