Sentinel pigeon surveillance for West Nile virus by using lard-can traps at differing elevations and canopy cover classes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1039-1044

  Deegan, Carrie S ^a   Burns, Joseph E ^a   Huguenin, Michael ^a   Steinhaus, Eliza Y ^a   Panella, Nicholas A ^a,b   Beckett, Susan ^a,b   Komar, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a Green Street Scientific LLC ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Pigeon; Sentinel; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 28344454497     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.6.1039     Document Type: Article

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