Hosts
The place where mosquitos breed
What is stagnant pools of water?
The family of WNV
What is Flaviviridae?
The two factors that influence mosquito abundance
What is temperature and precipitation?
The species that mosquitos most commonly contract WNV from
What is birds?
Two common symptoms associated with WNV
What is fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash?
The vectors most common in water based environments
What are Cx. pipens and Cx. tarsalis?
The genome of WNV
What is +ssRNA?
The factor is most correlated with mosquito abundance
What is temperature?
The main species of mosquito that is a vector for WNV
What is Culex tarsalis?
The incubation period for WNV
What is 4-10 days?
Another host of WNV mentioned in the paper
What is American Crows?
The epidemiological status of WNV in the U.S.?
What is endemic?
The place where WNV was first found in the U.S.
What is NYC/east coast?
What must a mosquito do in order to transmit the virus to a human
What is 'biting them'?
Symptoms presented in severe WNV
What is damage to the Central Nervous System (brain inflammation, headaches, tremors, coma, or paralysis)?
The least abundant mosquito vector
What is Ae. vexans?
The structure of the WNV virion
What is enveloped?
The area with the highest number of mosquitoes caught per trap at night
What is urban areas?
Two ways you can contract WNV besides a mosquito bite
What is placental transmission, blood transfusion, organ transplantation, or laboratory exposure?
What is 80%?
The species with the biggest spike before 8/20/04
What is Cx. pipens?
The condition in which WNV thrives
What is naive host and competent vectors?
The place where species diversity the greatest
What is 'least developed land areas'?
A term for mosquitoes that can spread WNV
What is 'competent vectors'?
The number of human cases in WA reported prior to 2006
What is '1 case'?