Ross river virus: Ecology and distribution

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-31

  Russell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Australia; Mosquitoes; Polyarthritis; Vectors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; VIRAL DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA;

AEDES SOLLICITANS; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; CAMPTORHYNCHUS; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 0036006854     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145100     Document Type: Review

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