The Isolation of St. Louis Virus from a Nestling Bird in Trinidad, British West Indies

W. G. Downs Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, Rockefeller Foundation Virus Laboratories, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies

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C. R. Anderson Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, Rockefeller Foundation Virus Laboratories, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies

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J. Casals Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, Rockefeller Foundation Virus Laboratories, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1957.6.693
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Volume 6: Issue 4
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693–696
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Summary

St. Louis encephalitis virus has been recovered from the serum of a nestling bird in Trinidad, B.W.I. This is the first time this agent has been recovered from a local, nonmigratory bird south of the continental limits of the United States.

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Published Online:
Jul 1957
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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