Serological evidence of flaviviruses and alphaviruses in Livestock and Wildlife in Trinidad

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 969-978

  Thompson, Nadin N ^a   Auguste, Albert J ^a,b   Coombs, Dane ^c   Blitvich, Bradley J ^d   Carrington, Christine V F ^c   Da Rosa, Amelia P Travassos ^b   Wang, Eryu ^b   Chadee, Dave D ^a   Drebot, Michael A ^e   Tesh, Robert B ^b   Weaver, Scott C ^b   Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c DKC Veterinary Services   (Bermuda)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Eastern equine encephalitis virus; Flavivirus; Seroprevalence; St. Louis encephalitis virus; Trinidad; Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; GOAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HORSE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; SWINE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILDLIFE;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GOATS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HORSES; LIVESTOCK; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SWINE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; BOS; BUSSUQUARA VIRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ILHEUS VIRUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SUIDAE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84869069583     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0959     Document Type: Article

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