Spatio-temporal analyses of West Nile virus transmission in Culex mosquitoes in Northern Illinois USA, 2004

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Gu, Weidong ^a   Lampman, Richard ^a   Krasavin, Nina ^a   Berry, Robert ^b   Novak, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b North Shore Mosquito Abatement District   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex restuans; Exposure intensity; Infections rates

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CULEX; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33645824932     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.91     Document Type: Article

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