Seroprevalence of Powassan virus in New England deer, 1979-2010

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1159-1162

  Nofchissey, Robert A ^a   Deardorff, Eleanor R ^b,c   Blevins, Tia M ^d   Anishchenko, Michael ^e   Bosco Lauth, Angela ^e   Berl, Erica ^f   Lubelczyk, Charles ^g   Mutebi, John Paul ^e   Brault, Aaron C ^e   Ebel, Gregory D ^h   Magnarelli, Louis A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; DEER; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; MAINE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VERMONT; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CERVIDAE; DEER TICK VIRUS; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POWASSAN VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84878805462     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0586     Document Type: Article

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