Does feeding on infected mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) enhance the role of song sparrows in the transmission of arboviruses in California?

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-319

  Reisen, William K ^a   Fang, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosquito; Oral infection; Song sparrow; West Nile virus; Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; MELOSPIZA; TOGAVIRIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34247499936     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/44.2.316     Document Type: Article

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