Intensive early season adulticide applications decrease arbovirus transmission throughout the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-489

  Lothrop, Hugh D ^a   Lothrop, Branka B ^b   Gomsi, Donald E ^b   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adulticide; Control; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex tarsalis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; CULEX; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INSECTICIDES; POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 50849084426     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0238     Document Type: Article

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