Experimental infection of raccoons (Procyon lotor) with West Nile virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 803-807

  Root, J Jeffrey ^a   Bentler, Kevin T ^a   Nemeth, Nicole M ^c   Gidlewski, Thomas ^b   Spraker, Terry R ^c   Franklin, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HOST; NONHUMAN; RACCOON; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; FECES; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FECES; PLAQUE ASSAY; RACCOONS; VIREMIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79958043471     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0173     Document Type: Article

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