Experimental infections of wild birds with West Nile virus

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 752-781

  Pérez Ramírez, Elisa ^a   Llorente, Francisco ^a   Jiménez Clavero, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Host competence; Immunity; Pathogenesis; Transmission; West Nile virus; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; AVIAN MODEL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CROSS PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MOSQUITO BITE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VASCULITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84895081277     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6020752     Document Type: Review

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