Drought-induced amplification and epidemic transmission of west nile virus in Southern Florida

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-141

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Culex nigripalpus; Drought; Transmission; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 16844373141     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.2.134     Document Type: Article

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