West Nile virus antibody prevalence in American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and Fish Crows (Corvus ossifragus) in Georgia, U.S.A.

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-128

  Wilcox, Benjamin R ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Ellis, Angela E ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Gibbs, Samantha E J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

American Crow; Antibody persistence; Corvid; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Corvus ossifragus; Fish Crow; Molecular species differentiation; West Nile virus; WNV

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CROW; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEORGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CORVUS OSSIFRAGUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33947591352     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)051[0125:WNVAPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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