Surveillance for West Nile Virus in wild birds from Northern Europe

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-79

  Jourdain, Elsa ^a,b   Olsen, Björn ^a,c   Lundkvist, Ake ^d,e   Hubálek, Zdenek ^f   Šikutová, Silvie ^f   Waldenström, Jonas ^a   Karlsson, Malin ^d   Wahlström, Maria ^d   Jozan, Martine ^g   Falk, Kerstin I ^d,e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^g Orange County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Migratory birds; Sweden; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SWEDEN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODIDA; TURDIDAE; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79251643041     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0028     Document Type: Article

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