Efficacy of Aerial Spraying of Mosquito Adulticide in Reducing Incidence of West Nile Virus, California, 2005

Efficacy of Aerial Spraying of Mosquito Adulticide in Reducing Incidence of West Nile Virus, California, 2005

Epidemic transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) in Sacramento County, California, in 2005 prompted aerial application of pyrethrin, a mosquito adulticide, over a large urban area. Statistical analyses of geographic information system datasets indicated that adulticiding reduced the number of human WN...

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Main Authors: Ryan M. Carney, Stan Husted, Cynthia Jean, Carol A. Glaser, Vicki L. Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Arboviruses
California
geographic information systems
humans
insect vectors
insecticides
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/5/07-1347_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/5/07-1347_article

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