Experimental West Nile virus infection in jungle crows (Corvus macrorhynchos)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 838-842

  Shirafuji, Hiroaki ^a   Kanehira, Katsushi ^a   Kubo, Masanori ^a   Shibahara, Tomoyuki ^a   Kamio, Tsugihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLOACA; CROW; EXPERIMENTAL HOST; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 45349101206     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.838     Document Type: Article

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