The continuous spread of West Nile virus (WNV): Seroprevalence in asymptomatic horses

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1163-1168

  Alonso Padilla, J ^a   Loza Rubio, E ^b   Escribano Romero, E ^a   Cordoba L ^a   Cuevas, S ^b   Meji F ^b   Calderon R ^b   Milian F ^b   Travassos da Rosa, A ^c   Weaver, S C ^c   Estrada Franco, J G ^c   Saiz, J C ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b CENID Microbiologia   (Mexico)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging viruses; Serology; Viral expansion; Viruses; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HORSE; ILHEUS VIRUS; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 69949146827     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002325     Document Type: Article

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