Humoral immunity to West Nile virus is long-lasting and protective in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-869

  Nemeth, Nicole M ^a,b   Oesterle, Paul T ^a,b   Bowen, Richard A ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPARROW; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME; VERO CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 66149135620     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.864     Document Type: Article

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