Experimental infection of Carrion crows (Corvus corone) with two European West Nile virus (WNV) strains

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Dridi, Maha ^a   Vangeluwe, Didier ^b   Lecollinet, Sylvie ^c   van den Berg, Thierry ^a   Lambrecht, Bénédicte ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

Carrion crows (Corvus corone); Experimental infection; Mortality rate; Viraemia; Viral RNA load; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CORVUS CORONE; CROW; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FATALITY; FEATHER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORONE; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84878644165     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.12.043     Document Type: Article

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