A global perspective on the epidemiology of West Nile virus

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-81

  Kramer, Laura D ^a,b   Styer, Linda M ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Emerging virus; Flavivirus; Vector borne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 40349116664     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093258     Document Type: Review

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