West Nile virus in golden eagles, Spain, 2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1489-1491

  Jiménez Clavero, Miguel Angel ^a   Sotelo, Elena ^a   Fernandez Pinero, Jovita ^a   Llorente, Francisco ^a   Blanco, Juan Manuel ^b   Rodriguez Ramos, Julia ^b   Perez Ramirez, Elisa ^c   Höfle, Ursula ^b,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudio para las Rapaces Ibéricas CERI GEACAM JCCM   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; EAGLE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; EAGLES; FEMALE; MALE; SPAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 50849103666     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080190     Document Type: Letter

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