Serologic survey of birds for west nile flavivirus in southern Moravia (Czech Republic)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-666

  Hubalek Z ^a   Halouzka, J ^a   Juricova Z ^a   Sikutova S ^a   Rudolf, I ^a   Honza, M ^a   Jankova J ^a   Chytil, J ^b   Marec, F ^c   Sitko, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Museum   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birds; Field studies; Immunology; Mosquito(es); West Nile

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLACKCAP; BLUE TIT; COMMON KINGFISHER; COOT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVIVIRUS; GOOSE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; PENDULINE TIT; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION MICROTEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED BUNTING; REED WARBLER; SAVI WARBLER; SEDGE WARBLER; SEROLOGY; STARLING; VERO CELL; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CZECH REPUBLIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; ALCEDO ATTHIS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; FLAVIVIRUS; FULICA ATRA; LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES; PARUS CAERULEUS; REMIZ PENDULINUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 53549115073     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0283     Document Type: Article

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