TY - JOUR AU - Tesh, Robert B. AU - Parsons, Ray AU - Siirin, Marina AU - Randle, Yvonne AU - Sargent, Chris AU - Guzman, Hilda AU - Wuithiranyagool, Taweesak AU - Higgs, Stephen AU - Vanlandingham, Dana L. AU - Bala, Adil A. AU - Haas, Keith AU - Zerinque, Brian T1 - Year-round West Nile Virus Activity, Gulf Coast Region, Texas and Louisiana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 9 SP - 1649 SN - 1080-6059 AB - West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in 11 dead birds and two mosquito pools collected in east Texas and southern Louisiana during surveillance studies in the winter of 2003 to 2004. These findings suggest that WNV is active throughout the year in this region of the United States. KW - West Nile virus KW - arbovirus, viral diseases, vector-borne disease, virus ecology, infectious diseases, virus persistence, Culex mosquitoes, dispatch KW - Louisiana KW - Texas KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1009.040203 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/9/04-0203_article ER - End of Reference