Cemeteries are effective sites for monitoring la crosse virus (LACv) and these environments may play a role in LACv infection.

La Crosse encephalitis (LAC) is the leading arboviral disease among children, and was previously limited to the upper Midwest. In 2012 nine pediatric cases of LAC occurred in eastern Tennessee, including one fatal case. In an attempt to identify sites near an active LACv infection and describe the a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rebecca T Trout Fryxell, Kimberly Freyman, Armando Ulloa, Brian Hendricks, Dave Paulsen, Agricola Odoi, Abelardo Moncayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393122?pdf=render