title: Discovery of Aedes albopictus infected with west nile virus in southeastern Pennsylvania.
abstract: In August 2000, Aedes albopictus was found in a CO2-baited Centers for Disease Control light trap in eastern Philadelphia, PA. In late September 2000, West Nile viral antigen was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing from a pool of 2 Ae. albopictus mosquitoes that were collected in southwestern Montgomery County.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Conshohocken 19428, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holick
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kyle
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwaseczko
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D010414:Pennsylvania; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000502:physiology*