West Nile virus in overwintering Culex mosquitoes, New York City, 2000

Authors
Nasci, RS Savage, HM White, DJ Miller, JR Cropp, BC Godsey, MS Kerst, AJ Bennett, P Gottfried, K Lanciotti, RS
Citation
Rs. Nasci et al., West Nile virus in overwintering Culex mosquitoes, New York City, 2000, EM INFECT D, 7(4), 2001, pp. 742-744
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
742 - 744
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200107/08)7:4<742:WNVIOC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 over wintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and rev erse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus w ere found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx pip iens may be important in the maintenance of WN virus in the northeastern Un ited States.