High subclinical West Nile virus incidence among nonvaccinated horses in Northern California associated with low vector abundance and infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Nielsen, Carrie F ^a   Reisen, William K ^a   Armijos, M Veronica ^a   MacLachlan, N James ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; FEEDING; HORSE; LAGOMORPH; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; EQUIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL VACCINES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 39549115456     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.45     Document Type: Article

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