Seroprevalence of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Risk Factors Associated with Seropositivity in Pigs in Four Mountain Districts in Nepal

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-400

  Thakur, K K ^a,b,c   Pant, G R ^b   Wang, L ^a   Hill, C A ^a   Pogranichniy, R M ^a   Manandhar, S ^b   Johnson, A J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Livestock Services ^*  (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Culex mosquito; Japanese encephalitis virus; Pigs; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84865193181     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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