West Nile Virus in Overwintering Culex Mosquitoes, New York City, 2000

West Nile Virus in Overwintering Culex Mosquitoes, New York City, 2000

After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 overwintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus were found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx. pi...

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Main Authors: Roger S. Nasci, Harry M. Savage, Dennis J. White, James R. Miller, Bruce C. Cropp, Marvin S. Godsey, Amy J. Kerst, Paul Bennett, Kristy Gottfried, Robert S. Lanciotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Arbovirus
Flavivirus
West Nile virus
Culex pipiens
overwinter
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7426_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7426_article

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