Isolation of West Nile virus from mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 362-367

  Hribar, Lawrence J ^a   Stark, Lillian M ^b   Stoner, Robin L ^b   Demay, David J ^a   Nordholt, Andrea L ^a   Hemmen, Marie J ^a   Vlach, Joshua J ^a   Fussell, Edsel M ^a  

^a Florida Keys Mosquito Contr Dist   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Flaviviridae; Florida Keys; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; VIRAL DISEASE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS CONDOLESCENS; OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 13244291414     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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