Equine encephalomyelitis outbreak caused by a genetic lineage 2 west nile virus in Hungary

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 586-591

  Kutasi, O ^a   Bakonyi, T ^a   Lecollinet, S ^b   Biksi, I ^a   Ferenczi, E ^c   Bahuon, C ^b   Sardi, S ^a   Zientara, S ^b   Szenci, O ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Horse; Nervous system; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUNGARY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUNGARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PHYLOGENY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79955497234     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.0715.x     Document Type: Article

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