West nile virus detection in mosquitoes in east Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, from november 2002 to october 2004

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  MacKay, Andrew J ^a   Roy, Alma ^b   Yates, Matt M ^c   Foil, Lane D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosquitoes; Plaque assay; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; VecTest ; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; LOUISIANA; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 44649129371     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5681.1     Document Type: Article

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