Assessing the risks of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes from transatlantic aircraft: Implications for disease emergence in the United Kingdom

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-320

  Brown, Eleanor B E ^a   Adkin, Amie ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^b,c   Stephenson, Ben ^b   Medlock, Jolyon M ^d   Snary, Emma L ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbovirus(es); GIS; Mosquito(es); Risk analysis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXPOSURE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULICIDAE; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84859541433     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0176     Document Type: Article

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