Eared dove (Zenaida auriculata, Columbidae) as host for St. Louis encephalitis virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-282

  Diaz, Luis A ^a   Occelli, Maricel ^a   Almeida, Francisco Ludueña ^b   Almirón, Walter R ^b   Contigiani, Marta S ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Avian host competence; Culex quinquefasciatus; Eared dove (Zenaida auriculata); Flavivirus; St. Louis encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DOVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BITES AND STINGS; COLUMBIDAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VIREMIA;

AVES; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 38549127474     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0168     Document Type: Article

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