West Nile Virus Epizootiology in the Southeastern United States, 2001

Godsey, Marvin S.; Blackmore, Mark S.; Panella, Nicholas A.; Burkhalter, Kristen; Gottfried, Kristy; Halsey, Lawrence A.; Rutledge, Roxanne; Langevin, Stanley A.; Gates, Robert; Lamonte, Karen M.; Lambert, Amy; Lanciotti, Robert S.; Blackmore, Carina G. M.; Loyless, Tom; Stark, Lillian; Oliveri, Robin; Conti, Lisa; Komar, Nicholas

doi:10.1089/vbz.2005.5.82

West Nile Virus Epizootiology in the Southeastern United States, 2001

We investigated mosquito and bird involvement in West Nile virus (WNV) transmission in July 2001 in Jefferson County, FL, and Lowndes County, GA. We detected 16 WNV-infected pools from Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. salinarius, Cx. nigripalpus, and Culiseta melanura. In Florida, 11% of 353 bird sera…