Ecology of West Nile virus in North America

Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2079-2105

  Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Ecology; Invasion; North America; Persistence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULEX; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WINTER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84883794615     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v5092079     Document Type: Article

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