Enhanced West Nile virus surveillance in the North Kent marshes, UK

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vaux, Alexander G C ^a   Gibson, Gabriella ^b   Hernandez Triana, Luis M ^c   Cheke, Robert A ^b   McCracken, Fiona ^c   Jeffries, Claire L ^c,d   Horton, Daniel L ^c,e   Springate, Simon ^b   Johnson, Nicholas ^c   Fooks, Anthony R ^c,f   Leach, Steve ^a   Medlock, Jolyon M ^a,g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g NIHR Health Protections Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culex modestus; Culicidae; Mosquito; Surveillance; United Kingdom; Usutu virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CLAVIGER; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANOPHELES PLUMBEUS; ARTICLE; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULEX; CULEX MODESTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULISETA ANNULATA; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; IMAGO; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO TRAP; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS DETRITUS; OCHLEROTATUS DORSALIS; OCHLEROTATUS FLAVESCENS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULICIDAE; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84924179633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0705-9     Document Type: Article

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