Seroprevalence of West Nile and Usutu viruses in military working horses and dogs, Morocco, 2012: Dog as an alternative WNV sentinel species?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1857-1864

  Durand, B ^a   Haskouri, H ^b   Lowenski, S ^a   Vachiery, N ^c,d   Beck, C ^a   Lecollinet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Veterinary Services   (Morocco)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UMR ASTRE   (France)

Author keywords

Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WORKING DOG; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOLDIER; VETERINARY;

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOROCCO; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84956955081     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881600011X     Document Type: Article

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