Declining mortality in american crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) following natural West Nile virus infection

Avian Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-461

  Reed, Lisa M ^a   Johansson, Michael A ^b   Panella, Nicholas ^b   McLean, Robert ^c   Creekmore, Terry ^d   Puelle, Rose ^e   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Wyoming Game and Fish   (United States)

^e Public Health Preparedness Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Corvids; Crows; Infection; Mortality; Seroprevalence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CROW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROWS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW JERSEY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CORVUS OSSIFRAGUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77649251818     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8468-091208-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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