Seroprevalence and risk factors for infection with West Nile virus in Saskatchewan horses, 2003

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-263

  Epp, Tasha ^a   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   Leighton, Fredrick A ^a   Berke, Olaf ^b,c   Townsend, Hugh G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INACTIVATED VACCINE; WEST NILE VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINES;

EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35248861529     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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