Serologic Evidence of West Nile Virus Infection in Horses, Coahuila State, Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Blitvich, Bradley J. ; Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso ; Contreras-Cordero, Juan F. ; Marlenee, Nicole L. ; Gonzalez-Rojas, Jose I. ; Komar, Nicholas ; Gubler, Duane J. ; Calisher, Charles H. ; Beaty, Barry J.
• Description:
  Serum samples were obtained from 24 horses in the State of Coahuila, Mexico, in December 2002. Antibodies to West Nile virus were detected by epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization test in 15 (62.5%) horses. We report the first West Nile virus activity in northern Mexico.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Horse Diseases Horses West Nile Fever
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(7):853-856.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  AI45430/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U50 CCU820510/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:08c013cd20529864d4e06e7bd585387f1589fd0abc170c56f72827a5f50a6bfa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14278/cdc_14278_DS1.pdf
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