Viremia profiles and host competence index for West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) in three autochthonous birds species from Argentina

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Diaz, Luis Adrián ^a,b   Flores, Fernando Sebastián ^a   Contigiani, Marta Silvia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agelaioides badius; Avian host; Columbina picui; Molothrus bonariensis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORNITHOLOGY; PASSERINE; VIRUS;

ARGENTINA;

AVES; COLUMBINA PICUI; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78650781921     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0538-4     Document Type: Article

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