West Nile virus emergence and persistence in Los Angeles, California, 2003-2008

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 400-412

  Kwan, Jennifer L ^a   Kluh, Susanne ^b   Madon, Minoo B ^b   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOS ANGELES; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77955591767     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0076     Document Type: Article

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