Clinical evaluation and outcomes of naturally acquired West Nile virus infection in raptors

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Nemeth, Nicole M ^a,b   Kratz, Gail E ^c   Bates, Rebecca ^c   Scherpelz, Judy A ^c   Bowen, Richard A ^b   Komar, Nicholas ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Raptor Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical syndrome; Disease; Neurologic; Raptor; Rehabilitation; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EAGLE; FEMALE; HAWK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OWL; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RAPTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EAGLES; FEMALE; HAWKS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RAPTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ACCIPITRINAE; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 65249151861     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0109.1     Document Type: Article

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