Unexpected spatiotemporal abundance of infected Culex restuans suggest a greater role as a West Nile virus vector for this native species

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-47

  Johnson, Brian J ^a   Robson, Mark G ^a   Fonseca, Dina M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Enzootic; Epidemic; Native invader; Urbanization; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX RESTUANS; DNA EXTRACTION; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; RNA EXTRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION; WETLAND; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEASON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84921459526     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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