Spreading of West Nile virus infection in Croatia

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 504-508

  Barbić, Ljubo ^a   Listeš, Eddy ^b   Katić, Sanda ^b   Stevanović, Vladimir ^a   Madić, Josip ^a   Starešina, Vilim ^a   Labrović, Ankica ^c   Di Gennaro, Annapia ^d   Savini, Giovanni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Croatia)

^d OIE Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue Istituto G Caporale Teramo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Croatia; Horse; Seroprevalence; Spreading; West Nile

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CROATIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROATIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84865662303     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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