Low West Nile virus circulation in wild birds in an area of recurring outbreaks in Southern France

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 737-741

  Balança, Gilles ^a   Gaidet, Nicolas ^a   Savini, Giovanni ^b   Vollot, Benjamin ^c   Foucart, Antoine ^a   Reiter, Paul ^d   Boutonnier, Alain ^d   Lelli, Rossella ^b   Monicat, François ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau ^*  (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

France; Seroprevalence; West Nile virus; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPARROW; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FRANCE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; EQUIDAE; OTUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PICA PICA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 70350132522     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0147     Document Type: Article

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