Limited spillover to humans from west nile virus viremic birds in Atlanta, Georgia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 812-817

  Levine, Rebecca S ^a   Mead, Daniel G ^b   Kitron, Uriel D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta Georgia; Northern Cardinal; Spillover; Urban; Viremia; West Nile Virus; Zoo

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; HOST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MICROHABITAT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; PASSERIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VIREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84887466412     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1342     Document Type: Article

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