Short report: Seroprevalence of West Nile virus in feral horses on Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-640

  Franson, J Christian ^a   Hofmeister, Erik K ^a   Collins, Gail H ^b   Dusek, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sheldon Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUUS CABALLUS; FERAL SPECIES; GROUPS BY AGE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVIVIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEVADA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79957986931     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0467     Document Type: Article

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