West Nile Virus in Overwintering<i>Culex</i>Mosquitoes, New York City, 2000

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Authors

Roger S. Nasci · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Harry M. Savage · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dennis J. White · New York State Department of Health

James R. Miller · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Bruce C. Cropp · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Marvin S. Godsey · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Amy J. Kerst

Abstract

After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 overwintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus were found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx. pipiens may be important in the maintenance of WN virus in the northeastern United States.

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Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors Malaria Research and Control

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Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 742-744

DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017426

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