West Nile virus vector assessment in Venezuela, utilizing VecTestTM for rapid detection of infected mosquitoes;Evaluación de vectores para el virus del oeste del nilo en venezuela, utilizando VecTestTM para el diagnóstico rápido de mosquitos infectados

Entomotropica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Velásquez, Glenda ^a   Herrera, Flor ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^b   Montañz, Humberto ^c   Alfonso, Francisco ^c   Rivero, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b EEUU Nicholas Komar   (Venezuela)

^c Dirección Salud Ambiental   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Entomological surveillance; Venezuela; WNV

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZULIA;

EID: 70449626158     PISSN: 13175262     EISSN: 13175262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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