Relationships among weather, mosquito abundance, and encephalitis virus activity in California: Kern county 1990-98

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-27

  Wegbreit, Jeny ^a   Reisen, William K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Culex tarsalis abundance; River runoff; Snowpack; Surveillance; Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, WESTERN EQUINE; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 0034150524     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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