Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA.
More than 30,000 mosquitoes in 22 species or species groups were collected from the Florida Keys, Monroe County, FL, USA, in dry ice-baited light and gravid traps. Dry ice-baited traps collected more mosquitoes than did gravid traps. West Nile virus was detected in pools of Anopheles atropos Dyar & Knab, Deinocerites cancer Theobald, and Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann).
Hribar
Lawrence J
LJ
Florida Key Mosquito Control District, 506 106th Street Gulfside, Marathon, FL 33050, USA. gringo1122@hotmail.com
Vlach
Joshua J
JJ
Demay
David J
DJ
Stark
Lillian M
LM
Stoner
Robin L
RL
Godsey
Marvin S
MS
Burkhalter
Kristin L
KL
Spoto
Michael C
MC
James
Shannon S
SS
Smith
Jennifer M
JM
Fussell
Edsel M
EM
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology; D003465:Culex / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D005431:Florida; D013045:Species Specificity; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*