Re-emergence of West Nile virus in Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 476-486

  Monaco, F ^a   Lelli, R ^a   Teodori, L ^a   Pinoni, C ^a   Di Gennaro, A ^a   Polci, A ^a   Calistri, P ^a   Savini, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Birds; Horse; Phylogenetic analysis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; COLUMBA; CORVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78649661289     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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