Measuring agreement and discord among hemagglutination inhibition assays against different ophidian paramyxovirus strains in the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-361

  Allender, Matthew C ^a   Mitchell, Mark A ^b   Dreslik, Michael J ^c   Phillips, Christopher A ^c   Beasley, Val R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern massasauga; Hemagglutination inhibition; Paramyxovirus; Sistrurus catenates; Snake

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMYXOVIRUS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROTALUS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; ILLINOIS; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS DURISSUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

EID: 53549112768     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0111.1     Document Type: Article

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