Crow deaths caused by West Nile virus during winter

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1912-1914

  Dawson, Jennifer R ^a   Stone, Ward B ^b   Ebel, Gregory D ^a,d   Young, David S ^a   Galinski, David S ^b   Pensabene, Jason P ^b   Franke, Mary A ^a   Eidson, Millicent ^a,c   Kramer, Laura D ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CROW; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLIOSIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WINTER;

EID: 37049011888     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1312.070413     Document Type: Article

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