Associations between two mosquito populations and West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas, 2003-06

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-275

  Dennett, James A ^a   Bala, Adilelkhidir ^a   Wuithiranyagool, Taweesak ^a   Randle, Yvonne ^a   Sargent, Christopher B ^a   Guzman, Hilda ^b   Siirin, Marina ^c   Hassan, Hassan K ^c   Reyna Nava, Martin ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^c   Tesh, Robert B ^b   Parsons, Ray E ^a   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^a  

^a Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Blood meal analysis; Blue jay; Culex quinquefasciatus; Cyanocitta cristata; Gravid trap; Minimum infection rate; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

RAIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RAT; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RAIN; RATS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE; TEXAS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 38449115497     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[264:ABTMPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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