West Nile virus: North American experience

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-289

  Hofmeister, Erik K ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Emerging infectious disease; North America; West Nile virus; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; DENGUE VIRUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84857408224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00251.x     Document Type: Review

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