Luminex Microsphere Immunoassay Offers an Improved Method in Testing for Antibodies to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Sentinel Chicken Sera
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has a human mortality rate of 30% of those cases diagnosed, while 30% of those surviving infection remain with neurological sequelae for life (CDC.gov, 2007). The use of sentinel chickens for surveillance of arboviruses that are known to use birds as a reservoir hos...
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Scholar Commons
2008
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Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/240 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1239&context=etd |