Seroconversion for West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses among sentinel horses in Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 976-979

  Mattar, Salim ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^b   Young, Ginger ^b   Alvarez, Jaime ^a   Gonzalez, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Equine; Flavivirus; St. Louis encephalitis virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84855510112     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800012     Document Type: Article

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