International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
Using Undergraduate Researchers to Build Vector and West Nile Virus Surveillance Capacity | |
Grant Hokit1  Sam Alvey1  Jennifer M. O. Geiger1  Gregory D. Johnson3  Marni G. Rolston3  Daniel T. Kinsey2  | |
[1] Department of Natural Science, Carroll College, 1601 N. Benton Ave., Helena, MT 59625, USA; E-Mails:;Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem, MT 59526, USA; E-Mail:;Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA; E-Mails: | |
关键词:
West Nile Virus;
vector surveillance;
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DOI : 10.3390/ijerph10083192 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Vector surveillance for infectious diseases is labor intensive and constantly threatened by budget decisions. We report on outcomes of an undergraduate research experience designed to build surveillance capacity for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Montana (USA). Students maintained weekly trapping stations for mosquitoes and implemented assays to test for WNV in pools of
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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