Powassan virus in mammals, Alaska and New Mexico, USA, and Russia, 2004-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2012-2016

  Deardorff, Eleanor R ^a   Nofchissey, Robert A ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^a   Hope, Andrew G ^b   Tsvetkova, Albina ^c   Talbot, Sandra L ^b   Ebel, Gregory D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Institute of Molecular Biology   (Russian Federation)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES ANGUSTUS; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROTUS; MYODES; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARBOVIRUSES; DEER TICK VIRUS; ECOLOGY; FLAVIVIRIDAE; MAMMALS; MYODES; NEW MEXICO; PEROMYSCUS; POWASSAN VIRUS; RUSSIA; SEROLOGY; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEW MEXICO; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SIBERIA;

EID: 84888086038     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130319     Document Type: Article

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