Serological and molecular investigation into the role of wild birds in the epidemiology of West Nile virus in Greece

Virology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  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

Greece; Molecular epidemiology; Outbreak; Serological surveillance; West nile virus; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HUNTINGTIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; GLYCOSYLATION; GREECE; HARVEST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, VIRAL; GREECE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84868639241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-266     Document Type: Article

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