Seasonal patterns for entomological measures of risk for exposure to culex vectors and west nile virus in relation to human disease cases in Northeastern Colorado

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1519-1531

  Bolling, Bethany G ^a   Barker, Christopher M ^b   Moore, Chester G ^a   Pape, W John ^c   Eisen, Lars ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Culex pipiens; Culex tarsalis; Seasonal risk; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; CULEX; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 75549084563     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0641     Document Type: Article

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