Exposure of Eurasian magpies and turtle doves to West Nile virus during a major human outbreak, Greece, 2011

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 749-753

  Valiakos, George ^a,b   Touloudi, Antonia ^a,b   Athanasiou, Labrini V ^a,b   Giannakopoulos, Alexios ^a   Iacovakis, Christos ^a,b   Birtsas, Periklis ^c,d   Spyrou, Vassiliki ^c   Dalabiras, Zisis ^b   Petrovska, Liljana ^e   Billinis, Charalambos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace   (Greece)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasian magpies; Greece; Pica pica; Streptopelia turtur; Turtle doves; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; PICA PICA; RAPTORES; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; TESTUDINES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84864912889     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0603-1     Document Type: Article

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