The global ecology and epidemiology of west nile virus

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chancey, Caren ^a   Grinev, Andriyan ^a   Volkova, Evgeniya ^a   Rios, Maria ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AFRICA; BIRD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84926500124     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/376230     Document Type: Review

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