Publications
| effect of hurricane katrina on arboviral disease transmission. | 2007 | 17953117 | |
| the culex pipiens complex in the mississippi river basin: identification, distribution, and bloodmeal hosts. | members of the culex pipiens complex are the primary vectors of st. louis encephalitis virus and west nile virus in the mississippi river basin (mrb). the cx. pipiens complex in the mrb is composed of 4 taxa: cx. p. pipiens form pipiens, cx. p. quinquefasciatus, hybrids between cx. p. pipiens f. pipiens and cx. p. quinquefasciatus, and cx. p. pipiens form molestus. three studies on bloodmeal hosts with large sample sizes have been conducted on members of the cx. pipiens complex in the mrb includ ... | 2012 | 23401948 |
| st. louis encephalitis outbreak in louisiana in 2001. | a description of the st. louis encephalitis (sle) outbreak in northeast louisiana is presented. in the fall of 2001 there were 63 cases of st. louis encephalitis in monroe and west monroe and seven additional cases in the neighboring parishes of richland, morehouse and franklin. all cases had a clinical presentation of encephalitis and were confirmed serologically. clinically most cases presented with fever, meningitis syndrome with altered mental status. tremors were common (56% of cases). ther ... | 2002 | 12517026 |