Descriptive overview of the 2011 epidemic of arboviral disease in horses in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Roche, S E ^a   Wicks, R ^a   Garner, M G ^a   East, I J ^a   Paskin, R ^b   Moloney, B J ^c   Carr, M ^d   Kirkland, P ^e  

^a ACT   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Epidemiology; Horses; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84873177433     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avj.12018     Document Type: Article

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