Studies on hibernating populations of Culex pipiens from a West Nile virus endemic focus in New York City: Parity rates and isolation of West Nile Virus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Armstrong, Philip M ^a   Bajwa, Waheed I ^b  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; hibernacula; New York City; overwintering; parity rates

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CULEX; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; NEW YORK CITY; OVARY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77956561922     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6004.1     Document Type: Article

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