Using hydrologic conditions to forecast the risk of focal and epidemic arboviral transmission in peninsular Florida

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 458-465

  Day, Jonathan F ^a   Shaman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviral epidemics; Hydrologic monitoring; St. Louis encephalitis virus; Water table depth; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 44449141436     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[458:UHCTFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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