West nile virus transmission in 2008 in north-eastern Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Calistri, P ^a   Giovannini, A ^a   Savini, G ^a   Monaco, F ^a   Bonfanti, L ^b   Ceolin, C ^b   Terregino, C ^b   Tamba, M ^c   Cordioli, P ^c   Lelli, R ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Horses; Italy; Viral encephalitis; West Nile virus; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA LIVIA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORONE; EMILIA; EQUIDAE; PICA PICA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77950688903     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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