Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, 2000: Isolation fromCulex pipiens,Cx. restuans,Cx. salinarius, andCuliseta melanura
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Mosquito surveillance for West Nile virus in Connecticut, 2000: isolation from Culex pipiens, Cx. restuans, Cx. salinarius, and Culiseta melanura.
Fourteen isolations of West Nile (WN) virus were obtained from four mosquito species (Culex pipiens [5], Cx. restuans [4], Cx. salinarius [2], and Culiseta melanura [3]) in statewide surveillance conducted from June through October 2000. Most isolates were obtained from mosquitoes collected in densely populated residential locales in Fairfield and New Haven counties, where the highest rates of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017413