| Yazarlar |
Aykut Özkul
Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Yakup Yıldırım
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Dilek Muz
Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Alper Akçalı
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Volkan YILMAZ
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Dilek Çolak
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| In this study, the sera collected from a variety of mammalian species (ass-mules, cat, cattle, dog, horse, human and sheep) in 10 representative provinces of Turkey, were surveyed for the presence of neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV). Overall, 1 of 40 (2.5%) ass-mules, 4 of 100 (4%) cattle, 43 of 114 (37.7%) dogs, 35 of 259 (13.5%) horses, 18 of 88 (20.4%) humans and 1 of 100 (1%) sheep, tested positive for WNV-neutralizing antibodies. The results indicate that a wide range of mammals are exposed to a West Nile-related virus and this could contribute to the long-term survival of this virus in the absence of overt disease. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Epidemiology and Infection |
| Dergi ISSN | 0950-2688 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2006 |
| Cilt No | 134 |
| Sayfalar | 826 / 829 |
