Frequency of Saint Louis encephalitis virus in humans from Florida, USA: 1990-1999

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 626-633

  Day, Jonathan F ^a   Stark, Lillian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviral transmission; Mosquito borne encephalitis; St. Louis encephalitis virus; Vector infection rates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CULEX; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 0034221018     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.626     Document Type: Article

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