West Nile virus infection rates in pooled and individual mosquito samples

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-203

  Condotta, Stephanie A ^a   Hunter, Fiona F ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infection rate; Mosquito; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CENTER; INFECTION RATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT VECTORS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ONTARIO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 7244254453     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.198     Document Type: Article

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