Risk factors associated with human infection during the 2006 West Nile virus outbreak in Davis, a residential community in Northern California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Nielsen, Carrie F ^a   Armijos, M Veronica ^a   Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^c   Boyce, Walter M ^b   Kelley, Kara ^d   Brown, David ^d   Scott, Thomas W ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Animal Disease Modeling ad Surveillance   (United States)

^d Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIRD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CULEX TARSALIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 39549089713     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.53     Document Type: Article

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