Incidence of West Nile virus in birds arriving in wildlife rehabilitation centers in Southern Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-290

  López, Guillermo ^a   Jiménez Clavero, Miguel Ángel ^b   Vázquez, Ana ^c   Soriguer, Ramón ^a   Gómez Tejedor, Concha ^d   Tenorio, Antonio ^c   Figuerola, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Infectious disease; Mediterranean; Outbreak; Spain; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; FLAVIVIRUS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FLAVIVIRUS; INCIDENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79953219104     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0232     Document Type: Article

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