Serological evidence of West Nile virus circulation in Portugal

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 407-410

  Barros, Sílvia C ^a   Ramos, Fernanda ^a   Fagulha, Teresa ^a   Duarte, Margarida ^a   Henriques, Margarida ^a   Luís, Tiago ^a   Fevereiro, Miguel ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Serosurvey; West Nile virus; WNV

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80051827313     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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