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Differential virulence of West Nile strains for American crows.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2004
Brault Aaron C, Langevin Stanley A, Bowen Richard A, Panella Nicholas A, Biggerstaff Brad J, Miller Barry R, Komar Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Crow deaths were observed after West Nile virus (WNV) was introduced into North America, and this phenomenon has subsequently been used to monitor the spread of the virus. To investigate potential differences in the crow virulence of different WNV strains, American Crows were inoculated with Old World strains of WNV from Kenya and Australia (Kunjin) and a North American (NY99) WNV genotype. Infection of crows...
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