Intercontinental transmission of West Nile virus by migrating white storks.

نویسندگان

  • M. Malkinson
  • Y. Weisman
  • S. Pokamonski
  • R. King
  • V. Deubel
چکیده

Country Reservoirs Vectors Bolivia Akodon sp Xenopsylla cheopis Rattus rattus Pulex irritans Brazil Akodon sp X. cheopis Oryzomys sp Callomys sp Bolomy sp Monodelphis deomestica Ecuador R rattus P. irritans R. norvegicus R. alexandrinus Akodon mollis Oryzomys sp Phyllotis sp Scirurus stramineus United States Marmot (Cynomys sp) Orchopeas sexdentatus Rabbits Oropsylla montana Rats (Dipodomys sp) Haplosyllus sp Mice (Peromyscus sp) Diamanus sp Terrestrial squirrel Thrasis sp (Citellus sp) Peru Akodon sp X cheopis Oryzomys sp Polygenes sp Sigmodon sp Tiamastus sp Phyllotis sp P. irritans R. rattus Cavia porcellus

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

دوره 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001