Prevalence of West Nile virus neutralizing antibodies in wild birds from the Camargue Area, Southern France

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 766-771

  Jourdain, Elsa ^a,b,c,d   Zeller, Hervé G ^b   Sabatler, Philippe ^c   Murri, Séverine ^b   Kayser, Yves ^d   Greenland, Timothy ^b   Lafaye, Murielle ^e   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University Lyon i   (France)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^e CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Camargue; Serosurvey; West Nile virus; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; BUBULCUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 52949111002     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.766     Document Type: Article

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