Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1747-1749

  Reisen, William K ^a   Takahashi, Richard M ^b   Carroll, Brian D ^a   Quiring, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SPARROWS; SWIMMING POOLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 55549091740     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080719     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Reisen W, Lothrop H, Chiles R, Madon MB, Cossen C, Woods L, et al. West Nile virus in California. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10:1369-78.
2. Reisen W, Brault AC. West Nile virus in North America: perspectives on epidemiology and intervention. Pest Management Science. 2007;63:641-6.
3. Reisen WK, Reeves WC. Bionomics and ecology of Culex tarsalis and other potential mosquito vector species. In: Epidemiology and control of mosquito-borne arboviruses in California, 1943-1987. Sacramento (CA): California Mosquito and Vector Control Association; 1990. p. 254-329.
4. Kramer VL. California State mosquito-borne virus surveillance and response plan. Sacramento (CA): California Department of Health Service; 2007 [cited 2008 Aug 22]. Available from http://westnile.ca.gov/resources.php
5. Reeves WC, Hammon WM. Epidemiology of the arthropod-borne viral encephalitides in Kern County, California, 1943-1952. Publications in Public Health. 1962;4:1-257.
6. Carroll BD, Takahashi RM, Reisen WK. West Nile virus activity in Kern County during 2006. Proceedings of the Mosquito Vector Control Association of California. 2007;75:17-22.
7. Reisen WK, Fang Y, Martinez VM. Avian host and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vector competence determine the efficiency of West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis virus transmission. J Med Entomol. 2005;42:367-75. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0367:AHAMDC]2.0.CO;2
8. Goddard LB, Roth AE, Reisen WK, Scott TW. Vector competence of California mosquitoes for West Nile virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8:1385-91.