West Nile virus and its theories, a big puzzle in Mexico and Latin America

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 168-175

  Elizondo Quiroga, Darwin ^a   Elizondo Quiroga, Armando ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin American countries; Theories; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

CROSS REACTION; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84888425732     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.122014     Document Type: Review

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