| west nile virus seroconversion in penguins after vaccination with a killed virus vaccine or a dna vaccine. | to investigate the serologic response of penguins to west nile virus (wnv) vaccines, four species of exclusively indoor-housed penguins, negative for wnv by serology, were evaluated: humboldt (spheniscus humboldti), magellanic (spheniscus magellanicus), gentoo (pygoscelis papua), and rockhopper (eudyptes chrysoscome) penguins. birds were inoculated with either a killed virus vaccine or a plasmid-mediated dna wnv vaccine, and postinoculation serology was evaluated. both vaccines induced seroconve ... | 2008 | 19110700 |