First serological evidence of West Nile virus activity in horses in Serbia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1303-1305

  Lupulovic, Diana ^a   Martín Acebes, Miguel A ^b   Lazic, Sava ^a   Alonso Padilla, Julio ^b   Blázquez, Ana Belén ^b   Escribano Romero, Estela ^b   Petrovic, Tamas ^a   Saiz, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC VETERINARY INSTITUTE NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Horses; Serbia; Usutu virus; Vector borne; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SERBIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052331580     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0249     Document Type: Article

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