West Nile virus infection rates and avian serology in east-central Illinois

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-122

  Lampman, Richard L ^a   Krasavin, Nina M ^a   Ward, Mike P ^a   Beveroth, Tara A ^a   Lankau, Emily W ^b   Alto, Barry W ^c   Muturi, Ephantus ^a   Novak, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Robin; antibody rate; blood meal; Culex; seropositive; Turdus migratorius; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CULEX RESTUANS; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 84878849414     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/12-6318R.1     Document Type: Article

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