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[Screening of birds in the Volga delta (Astrakhan region, 2001) for the West Nile virus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction].
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Al'khovskiĭ S V, L'vov D N, Samokhvalov E I, Prilipov A G, L'vov D K, Aristova V A, Gromashevskiĭ V L, Dzharkenov A F, Kovtunov A I, Deriabin P G, Odolevskiĭ E I, Ibragimov R M
Abstract excerpt
Infection of birds, residing in the Volga lower and middle delta, with West Nile Virus (WNV) genome was detected by the RT-PCR method. A total of 315 samples of bird organs, collected in the Astrakhan region in August 2001, were examined. Positive results, with various severity degrees, were found in coots (15.1%) and in cormorants (14.3%) in the lower delta. As for the middle delta, the infection rate among...
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