Assessing the exposure of German and Austrian bird ringers to West Nile virus (Flavivirus) and evaluating their potential risk of infection

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Linke, Sonja ^a   Muehlen, Marion ^a,e   Niedrig, Matthias ^a   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Kaiser, Andreas ^b   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^c   Sonnenberg, Karen ^d   Alpers, Katharina ^a   Stark, Klaus ^a   Pauli, Georg ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; German and Austrian bird ringers; Serological test systems; West Nile virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 41349095014     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0270-x     Document Type: Article

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