Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hamer, Gabriel L ^a,g   Chaves, Luis F ^b,c,d   Anderson, Tavis K ^a   Kitron, Uriel D ^b   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^e   Ruiz, Marilyn O ^e   Loss, Scott R ^f   Walker, Edward D ^g   Goldberg, Tony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; VIROLOGY;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CHICAGO; CULEX; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; KINETICS; VERTEBRATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80051852665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023767     Document Type: Article

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