Risk factors associated with west nile virus mortality in american crow populations in southern quebec

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Ludwig, Antoinette ^a   Bigras Poulin, Michel ^a   Michel, Pascal ^a   Bélanger, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

American crow; Baseline mortality; Population dynamics; Risk factors; West nile virus mortality

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CROW; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77449101808     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.195     Document Type: Article

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