Seroprevalence of equine influenza virus in north-east and southern Mexico.

نویسندگان

  • B J Blitvich
  • L A Ibarra-Juarez
  • A J Cortes-Guzman
  • J J Root
  • A B Franklin
  • H J Sullivan
  • I Fernandez-Salas
چکیده

∗Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA †Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon 66450, Mexico ‡Departamento de Control de Vectores, Secretaria de Salubridad y Asistencia, Chilpancingo, Guerrero 39000, Mexico ∗∗Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA ††Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA ‡‡Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA §Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon 66450, Mexico This paper is posted at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Veterinary record

دوره 166 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010