Pathogenesis of West Nile virus lineage 1 and 2 in experimentally infected large falcons

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 263-273

  Ziegler, Ute ^a   Angenvoort, Joke ^a   Fischer, Dominik ^b   Fast, Christine ^a   Eiden, Martin ^a   Rodriguez, Ariel V ^a   Revilla Fernández, Sandra ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^d,e   de la Fuente, Jorge García ^f   Lierz, Michael ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^f Roc Falcon SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Falcons; Flavivirus; West Nile virus; WNV lineage 1 and 2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOPSY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROPHARYNX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENOMEGALY; VASCULITIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FALCONIFORMES; VIREMIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; FALCONIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84870389569     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.07.041     Document Type: Article

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