Increased pathogenicity of West Nile virus (WNV) by glycosylation of envelope protein and seroprevalence of WNV in wild birds in far Eastern Russia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7144-7164

  Kariwa, Hiroaki ^a   Murata, Ryo ^a,b   Totani, Masashi ^a,c   Yoshii, Kentaro ^a   Takashima, Ikuo ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick; Envelope protein; Flavivirus; Glycosylation; Japanese encephalitis virus; Neutralizing antibody; Pathogenicity; Replication; Seroprevalence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH INHIBITOR; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY; BIRD; ENCEPHALITIS; PATHOGENICITY; SERUM; VIRULENCE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIREMIA; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GLYCOSYLATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIBERIA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84890507333     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10127144     Document Type: Review

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