West nile virus infection in horses in Jordan: Clinical cases, seroprevalence and risk factors

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL1., 2014, Pages 1-6

  Abutarbush, S M ^a   Al Majali, A M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Equine encephalitis; Horses; Jordan; Nervous signs; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; JORDAN; NERVOUS SIGNS; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; HORSES; JORDAN; NERVOUS SIGNS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JORDAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84906277004     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12191     Document Type: Article

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