High prevalence of West Nile Virus: A continuing risk in acquiring infection from a mosquito bite

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-360

  Sirigireddy, Kamesh R ^a   Kennedy, George A ^a   Broce, Alberto ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a   Ganta, Roman R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Emerging infection; Epidemiology; Mosquito; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT DISEASE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULEX; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; DIPLEX; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OREAMNOS; OVIS ARIES; SCIURIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33846472531     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.351     Document Type: Article

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