West nile virus and non-west nile virus mortality and coinfection of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in California

Avian Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-261

  Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Woods, Leslie W ^b   Boyce, Walter M ^a   Eckstrand, Christina D ^b   Langevin, Stanley A ^c   Reisen, William K ^a   Townsend, Andrea K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

American crow; Birds; Coinfection; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Disease mortality; Pox; Toxins; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROW; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COINFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROWS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; LIVER DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84902164826     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10691-101413-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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