The potential for West Nile virus to establish outside of its narural range: A consideration of potential mosquito vectors in the United Kingdom

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Higgs, Stephen ^a   Snow, Keith ^b   Gould, Ernest A ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Hydrology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mosquitoes; Transmission; United Kingdom; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AMBLYOMMA; ANOPHELES; ARGAS; ARTICLE; CULEX; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT BITE; MIGRATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 1642554766     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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