Effect of dose on house finch infection with western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 978-981

  Reisen, William K ^a,b   Chiles, Robert ^a   Martinez, Vincent ^a,b   Fang, Ying ^a   Green, Emily ^a   Clark, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic infections; House finches; Overwintering; St. Louis encephalitis; Western equine encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CULEX TARSALIS; EQUIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 6444237303     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.978     Document Type: Article

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