Potential vectors of west nile virus in a semiarid environment: Doa Ana County, New Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1474-1482

  Pitzer, Jimmy B ^a   Byford, Ronnie L ^a   Vuong, Holly B ^a   Steiner, Robert L ^a   Creamer, Rebecca J ^a,b   Caccamise, Donald F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MSC 3BE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex tarsalis; Culicidae; Mosquito; Seasonal distribution; Sentinel chicken

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES FRANCISCANUS; CULEX ERYTHROTHORAX; CULEX PEUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA INORNATA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; OCHLEROTATUS SOLLICITANS; OCHLEROTATUS TRIVITTATUS; PSOROPHORA COLUMBIAE; PSOROPHORA SIGNIPENNIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; NEW MEXICO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 75549091314     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0634     Document Type: Article

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