Surveillance for West Nile virus in clinic-admitted raptors, Colorado

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-307

  Nemeth, Nicole ^a,b   Kratz, Gail ^a,c   Edwards, Eric ^b   Scherpelz, Judy ^a,c   Bowen, Richard ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Raptor Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; RAPTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 33846650670     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.051626     Document Type: Article

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