Experimental infection of common garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) with West Nile Virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-368

  Steinman, Amir ^a   Banet Noach, Caroline ^b   Simanov, Lubov ^b   Grinfeld, Nurit ^a   Aizenberg, Zachi ^a   Levi, Ohad ^a   Lahav, Dan ^b   Malkinson, Mertyn ^b   Perk, Shimon ^b   Shpigel, Nahum Y ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Common garter snake; Thamnophis sirtalis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; ISRAEL; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COLUBRIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33846508016     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.361     Document Type: Article

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