Review paper: Pathology of animal models of alphavirus encephalitis

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 790-805

  Steele, K E ^a,b   Twenhafel, N A ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alphavirus; EEE; encephalitis; laboratory animals; nervous; VEE; viral; WEE

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MICE; ZOONOSES;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MUS; PRIMATES; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78649231543     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810372508     Document Type: Review

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