Role of communally nesting ardeid birds in the epidemiology of west nile virus revisited

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Reisen, William K ^a   Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Armijos, M Veronica ^a   Fang, Ying ^a   Garcia, Sandra ^a   Kelley, Kara ^b   Wright, Stan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Yolo Counties Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned night heron; California; Cattle egret; Great egret; Snowy egret; West Nile virus ardeidae

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARDEID; ARTICLE; BIRD; EUCALYPTUS; HABITAT; INFECTION RATE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SPECIES; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANATIDAE; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BUBULCUS; EGRETTA THULA; EUCALYPTUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 68049124987     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0104     Document Type: Article

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