Temporal connections between Culex tarsalis abundance and transmission of Western equine encephalomyelitis virus in California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1185-1193

  Barker, Christopher M ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b   Eldridge, Bruce F ^a   Park, Bborie K ^a   Melton, Forrest ^c   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CHICKEN; CULEX; CULEX TARSALIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; CULEX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, WESTERN EQUINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX TARSALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 77953786798     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0324     Document Type: Article

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