Use of the vector index and geographic information system to prospectively inform west nile virus interventions

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Jones, Roderick C ^a   Weaver, Kingsley N ^a   Smith, Shamika ^a   Blanco, Claudia ^a   Flores, Cristina ^b   Gibbs, Kevin ^c   Markowski, Daniel ^b   Mutebi, John Paul ^d  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Vector Disease Control Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Culex mosquito; geographic information system; urban population; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICAGO; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052920434     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6098.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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