Evaluating the use of house sparrow nestlings as sentinels for West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Millins, Caroline ^a   Reid, Alexandra ^b   Curry, Phil ^c   Drebot, Michael A ^d   Andonova, Maya ^d   Buck, Peter ^e   Leighton, Frederick A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Ministry of Health   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Surveillance; West Nile

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANADA; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPARROW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SASKATCHEWAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPARROWS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79251633548     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0235     Document Type: Article

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