Implications of spatial patterns of roosting and movements of American robins for west Nile virus transmission

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 877-885

  Benson, Thomas J ^a   Ward, Michael P ^a,b   Lampman, Richard L ^a   Raim, Arlo ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Age dependent behavior; Communal roosting; Culex mosquitoes; Disease transmission; Turdus migratorius

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; HABITAT; HOST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULEX; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

AVES; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84867204337     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0902     Document Type: Article

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