Experimental infection of fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) with West Nile virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 697-701

  Root, J Jeffrey ^a   Oesterle, Paul T ^a   Nemeth, Nicole M ^b   Klenk, Kaci ^a   Gould, Daniel H ^b   Mclean, Robert G ^a   Clark, Larry ^a   Hall, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES; HISTOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURUS NIGER; SEROLOGY; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

SCIURUS; SCIURUS NIGER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; VIREMIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750631329     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.697     Document Type: Article

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