The contribution of culex pipiens complex mosquitoes to transmission and persistence of west nile virus in North America

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 28, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 137-151

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex quinquefasciatus; overwintering; transmission; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CULEX; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84871013216     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X-28.4s.137     Document Type: Article

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