West Nile Virus

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 761-768

  Kleiboeker, S B ^a  

^a ViraCor Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Bird; Encephalitis; Fever; Horse; Human; Mosquito; Prevention; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871891918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00671-1     Document Type: Chapter

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