Serological detection of West Nile virus in horses and chicken from Pantanal, Brazil

In an effort to detect West Nile virus (WNV) in Brazil, we sampled serum from horses and chickens from the Pantanal region of the state of Mato Grosso and tested for flavivirus-reactive antibodies by blocking ELISA. The positive samples were further confirmed for serological evidence of WNV infectio...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Melandri, Anthony Érico Guimarães, Nicholas Komar, Maurício L Nogueira, Adriano Mondini, Ana Fernandez-Sesma, Jeronimo Alencar, Irene Bosch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
WNV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000800020&lng=en&tlng=en