Improved reliability of serological tools for the diagnosis of West Nile fever in horses within Europe.

• Main Authors: Cécile Beck (Author), Steeve Lowenski (Author), Benoit Durand (Author), Céline Bahuon (Author), Stéphan Zientara (Author), Sylvie Lecollinet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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West Nile Fever is a zoonotic disease caused by a mosquito-borne flavivirus, WNV. By its clinical sensitivity to the disease, the horse is a useful sentinel of infection. Because of the virus' low-level, short-term viraemia in horses, the primary tools used to diagnose WNV are serological tests...