Chronic infections of West Nile virus detected in California dead birds

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 401-405

  Reisen, William K ^a   Padgett, Kerry ^b   Fang, Ying ^a   Woods, Leslie ^c   Foss, Leslie ^b   Anderson, Jaynia ^b   Kramer, Vicki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic infections; Dead birds; Overwintering; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HATCHING; INOCULATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULICIDAE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84878601472     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1097     Document Type: Article

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