West nile virus-infected dead corvids increase the risk of infection in Culex mosquitoes (diptera: Culicidae) in domestic landscapes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1067-1073

  Nielsen, Carrie F ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corvid; Culex infection; Domestic landscape; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROW; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROWS; CULEX; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CORVIDA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 36749052460     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[1067:WNVDCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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