Short report: Comparative thermostability of west nile, St. Louis encephalitis, and western equine encephalomyelitis viruses during heat inactivation for serologic diagnostics

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 862-863

  Fang, Ying ^a,b   Brault, Aaron C ^a,b   Reisen, William K ^a,b  

^a School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COTURNIX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COTURNIX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, WESTERN EQUINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 66149091949     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.862     Document Type: Article

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