Mapping the Serological Prevalence Rate of West Nile fever in Equids, Tunisia

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-66

  Bargaoui, R ^a   Lecollinet, S ^b   Lancelot, R ^c  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental risk factors; Equids; Risk map; Serological prevalence; Tunisia; West Nile fever

Indexed keywords

AVES; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUNISIA; VETERINARY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84920273996     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12077     Document Type: Article

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