Susceptibility of fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) to West Nile virus by oral exposure

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-209

  Tiawsirisup, Sonthaya ^a   Blitvich, Bradley J ^b   Tucker, Bradley J ^b   Halbur, Patrick G ^b   Bartholomay, Lyric C ^b   Rowley, Wayne A ^b   Platt, Kenneth B ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger); Oral exposure; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SCIURUS NIGER; SQUIRREL; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; KIDNEY; RNA, VIRAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SCIURIDAE; VIREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77950573200     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0158     Document Type: Article

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