Prevalence of West Nile virus in tree canopy-inhabiting Culex pipiens and associated mosquitoes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 112-119

  Anderson, John F ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Main, Andy J ^b   Kline, Daniel L ^c  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CULEX PIPIENS; INFECTION RATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ARACHNIDA; CRICETINAE; CULEX PIPIENS; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; PHASIANIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3142655244     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.112     Document Type: Article

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