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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Loroño-Pino, María A. ; Blitvich, Bradley J. ; Farfán-Ale, José A. ; Puerto, Fernando I. ; Blanco, José M. ; Marlenee, Nicole L. ; Rosado-Paredes, Elsy P. ; García-Rejón, Julian E. ; Gubler, Duane J. ; Calisher, Charles H. ; Beaty, Barry J.
• Description:
  Serum samples were obtained from 252 horses in the State of Yucatan, Mexico, from July to October 2002. Antibodies to West Nile virus were detected by epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in three (1.2%) horses and confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization test. We report the first West Nile virus activity in the State of Yucatan.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Horse Diseases Horses West Nile Fever
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(7):857-859.
• 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:sha256:4f1c7792f8f666bc360eb1af25e7ffbca691285d2979d8de0796f71c2c17de54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14279/cdc_14279_DS1.pdf
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