Sentinel chicken seroconversions track tangential transmission of West Nile virus to humans in the greater Los Angeles area of California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1137-1145

  Kwan, Jennifer L ^a   Kluh, Susanne ^b   Madon, Minoo B ^b   Nguyen, Danh V ^c   Barker, Christopher M ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE STUDY; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENTINEL CHICKEN; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINCH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPARROW; TIME; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHICKENS; CULEX; FEMALE; FINCHES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOS ANGELES; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 79951552628     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0078     Document Type: Article

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