Detection of persistent West Nile virus RNA in experimentally and naturally infected avian hosts

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-564

  Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Langevin, Stanley A ^a   Brault, Aaron C ^b   Woods, Leslie ^a   Carroll, Brian D ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CULICIDAE; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RNA, VIRAL; SPARROWS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

APHELOCOMA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84865980562     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0654     Document Type: Article

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