First report of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes from Lubbock County, Texas

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-105

  Bradford, Carrie M ^a   Nascarella, Marc A ^a   Burns, Teresa H ^a   Montford, John R ^a   Marsland, Eric J ^a   Pepper, Christopher B ^a,b   Presley, Steven M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviral encephalitis; Culex; VecTest ; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX TARSALIS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; MOSQUITO; OCHLEROTATUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; OCHLEROTATUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 16444376398     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[102:FROWNV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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