Mosquitoes Infected with West Nile Virus in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Hribar, Lawrence J ^a   Vlach, Joshua J ^b   Demay, David J ^c   Stark, Lillian M ^d   Stoner, Robin L ^d   Godsey, Marvin S ^e   Burkhalter, Kristin L ^e   Spoto, Michael C ^b   James, Shannon S ^b,f   Smith, Jennifer M ^b   Fussell, Edsel M ^b  

^a Florida Keys Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^b Florida Keys Mosquito Contr Dist   (United States)

^c FL Keys Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles atropos; Deinocerites cancer; Florida keys; Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ATROPOS; DEINOCERITES CANCER; INVERTEBRATA; OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FLORIDA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0142121459     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.361     Document Type: Article

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