West Nile Virus Infection Rates in Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) Do Not Reflect Transmission Rates in Florida

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-258

  Rutledge, C Roxanne ^a   Day, Jonathan F ^a   Lord, Cynthia C ^a   Stark, Lillian M ^a,b   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Field transmission; Infection rate; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULEX; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0142026245     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.253     Document Type: Article

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