Persistent West Nile virus transmission and the apparent displacement St. Louis encephalitis virus in Southeastern California, 2003-2006

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-508

  Reisen, William K ^a   Lothrop, Hugh D ^a   Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Kennsington, Marc ^a   Gutierrez, Arturo ^b   Fang, Ying ^a   Garcia, Sandra ^a   Lothrop, Branka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vector Control District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus; Culex tarsalis; St. Louis encephalitis virus; West Nile virus; Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBINA PASSERINA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 44449122327     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[494:PWNVTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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