Detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus RNA in North American snakes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1140-1144

  Bingham, Andrea M ^a   Graham, Sean P ^b   Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   White, Gregory S ^c   Hassan, Hassan K ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BODY SIZE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEX RATIO; SNAKES;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AVES; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 84871559313     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0257     Document Type: Article

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