Monitoring and controlling West Nile Virus: are your prevention practices in place?

J Environ Health

Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.

Published: April 2013

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