Seroprevalence and risk factors associated to West Nile virus in horses from Andalusia, Southern Spain

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 341-346

  García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a   Arenas Montes, Antonio ^a   Napp, Sebastián ^b   Jaén Téllez, Juan A ^c   Fernández Morente, Manuel ^c   Fernández Molera, Vicente ^d   Arenas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d Agencia de Gestión Agraria y Pesquera de Andalucía AGAPA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Horses; Risk factors; Spain; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CULICIDAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TRANSPORTATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84869084678     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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