Epidemiology of West Nile virus: A silent Epiornitic in Northern Delaware in 2007 without associated human cases

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-286

  Gingrich, Jack B ^a   O'Connor, Linda Lou ^b   Meredith, William H ^c   Pesek, John D ^a   Shriver, W Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

Author keywords

endemic; habitats; reservoirs; vectors; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; MOSQUITO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; DELAWARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CULEX PIPIENS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS BICOLOR; PASSER DOMESTICUS; THRYOTHORUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77956602848     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/09-5974.1     Document Type: Article

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