St. Louis encephalitis virus in wild birds during the 1990 South Florida epidemic: The importance of drought, wetting conditions, and the emergence of Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) to arboviral amplification and transmission

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-554

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Day, Jonathan F ^b   Stieglitz, Marc ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Culex nigripalpus; Hydrology; St. Louis encephalitis; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 1642288406     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.547     Document Type: Article

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