West Nile virus and its vectors

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-36

  Ciota, Alexander T ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 85019497782     PISSN: 22145745     EISSN: 22145753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.002     Document Type: Review

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