Importance of recrudescent avian infection in west nile virus overwintering: Incomplete antibody neutralization of virus allows infrequent vector infection

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-902

  Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Vineyard, Meighan P ^a   Barker, Christopher M ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody; Culex; recrudescence; vector competence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; RECURRENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX PEUS; CULEX TARSALIS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84863762578     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11286     Document Type: Article

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