Development of a micropshere-based immunoassay for the detection of IgM antibodies to West Nile virus and St. Louis Encephalitis virus in sentinel chicken sera

West Nile virus (WNV) and St. Louis Encephalitis (SLEV) are arthropod-borne viruses belonging to the genus Flavivirus and are classified as significant human pathogens of global epidemiological importance. Since its introduction into the United States in 1999, WNV has spread throughout most of the c...

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Main Author: Haller, Logan C
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2006
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Hai
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2543
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3542&context=etd