West Nile virus circulation detected in northern Italy in sentinel chickens

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-417

  Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a   Rosà, Roberto ^a   Rosso, Fausta ^a   Buckley, Alan ^b   Gould, Ernest ^b  

^a Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Field studies; Transmission; West Nile

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ITALY; KOUTANGO VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; SUMMER; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ITALY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; KOUTANGO VIRUS; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35148832041     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0626     Document Type: Article

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