Patterns of avian seroprevalence to Western Equine encephalomyelitis and Saint Louis encephalitis viruses in California, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 507-527

  Reisen, William K ^a,c   Lundstrom, Jan O ^b,c   Scott, Thomas W ^c   Eldridge, Bruce F ^c   Chiles, Robert E ^c   Cusack, Robert ^c   Martinez, Vincent M ^c   Lothrop, Hugh D ^c   Gutierrez, David ^c   Wright, Stan E ^c,d   Boyce, Ken ^c,d   Hill, Boyd R ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Sacramento Yolo Mosquito   (United States)

^e Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian serology; California; St. Louis encephalitis virus; Surveillance; Western equine encephalomyelitis virus; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CULEX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; FEMALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034220130     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.507     Document Type: Article

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