Spatio-temporal trends and risk factors affecting West Nile virus and related flavivirus exposure in Spanish wild ruminants

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a   Paniagua, Jorge ^a   Gutiérrez Guzmán, Ana V ^b   Lecollinet, Sylvie ^c   Boadella, Mariana ^d   Arenas Montes, Antonio ^a   Cano Terriza, David ^a   Lowenski, Steeve ^c   Gortázar, Christian ^b   Höfle, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d Camino de Moledores s n   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meaban virus; Red deer Cervus elaphus; Risk factors; Spain; Usutu virus; West Nile virus; Wild ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SPAIN; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84994908386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-016-0876-4     Document Type: Article

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