Arboviral infection in two species of wild jays (Aves: Corvidae): Evidence for population impacts

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-225

  Garvin, Mary C ^a,b   Tarvin, Keith A ^a,b   Stark, Lillian M ^c   Woolfenden, Glen E ^a,d   Fitzpatrick, John W ^a,e   Day, Jonathan F ^f  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Tampa Branch Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Arbovirus; Cyanocitta cristata; Encephalitis; Jay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CORVIDAE; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; PASSERI; PLACIDA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 1642506266     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.2.215     Document Type: Article

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