Seroepidemiology of selected alphaviruses and flaviviruses in bats in Trinidad

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-60

  Thompson, N N ^a   Auguste, A J ^a,b   Travassos da Rosa, A P A ^b   Carrington, C V F ^a   Blitvich, B J ^c   Chadee, D D ^a   Tesh, R B ^b   Weaver, S C ^b   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Antibodies; Arbovirus; Bats; Flavivirus; Seroepidemiology; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BAT; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIO BRAVO VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TAMANA BAT VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; RIO BRAVO VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TAMANA BAT VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84920943737     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12118     Document Type: Article

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