Determinants of tick-borne encephalitis virus antibody presence in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) sera

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-25

  Kiffner, C ^a   Vor, T ^a   Hagedorn, P ^b   Niedrig, M ^b   Ruhe F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host pathogen interaction; Ixodes ricinus; Risk mapping; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIVITY; LOGISTICS; NEUTRALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TICK INFESTATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREES;

GERMANY; HESSE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84856233082     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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