2009 West Nile disease epidemic in Italy: First evidence of overwintering in Western Europe?

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Monaco, F ^a   Savini, G ^a   Calistri, P ^a   Polci, A ^a   Pinoni, C ^a   Bruno, R ^a   Lelli, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; IgM ELISA; Italy; Overwintering; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORSE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERWINTERING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMICS; GENOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052103734     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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