Temperature, viral genetics, and the transmission of West Nile virus by Culex pipiens mosquitoes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a,b   Meola, Mark A ^c   Moudy, Robin M ^c   Kramer, Laura D ^c,d  

^a The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY TEST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT VECTORS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 46449103831     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000092     Document Type: Article

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