Bird species potentially involved in introduction, amplification, and spread of West Nile virus in a Mediterranean wetland, the Camargue (Southern France)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-33

  Jourdain, Elsa ^a,b,c   Toussaint, Y ^a,b   Leblond, A ^b   Bicout, D J ^b   Sabatier, P ^b   Gauthier Clerc, M ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Amplification; Camargue; Epidemiology; Migration; Spreading; West Nile; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTOPE; BIRD; FRANCE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; INSECT VECTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33847399598     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0543     Document Type: Article

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