Detection of West Nile virus in stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) parasitizing juvenile american white pelicans

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1205-1211

  Johnson, Gregory ^a   Panella, Nicholas ^b   Hale, Kristina ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

detection; pelicans; Stomoxys; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUSCIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; INSECT VECTORS; MUSCIDAE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; MUSCIDAE; PELECANIDAE; PELECANIFORMES; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; STOMOXYS; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78649380565     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10002     Document Type: Article

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