Mosquito vectors of west Nile virus during an epizootic outbreak in Puerto Rico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1185-1195

  Barrera, R ^a   MacKay, A ^a   Amador, M ^a   Vasquez, J ^a   Smith, J ^a   Diaz A ^a   Acevedo, V ^a   Caban B ^a   Hunsperger, E A ^a   Munoz Jordan J L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

arbovirus surveillance; Culex; mosquitoes; Puerto Rico; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PUERTO RICO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; POULTRY DISEASES; PUERTO RICO; RAIN; RNA, VIRAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX BAHAMENSIS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78649382040     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10038     Document Type: Article

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