Emerg Infect Dis

eid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-60401080-6059

Centers for Disease Control

11585542

2631767

Research Article

West Nile virus in overwintering Culex mosquitoes, New York City, 2000.

Nasci

R. S.

rsn0@cdc.govSavage

H. M.

White

D. J.

Miller

J. R.

Cropp

B. C.

Godsey

M. S.

Kerst

A. J.

Bennett

Gottfried

Lanciotti

R. S.

CDC-DVBID, PO Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA.

Jul-Aug2001

74742744

After the 1999 West Nile (WN) encephalitis outbreak in New York, 2,300 overwintering adult mosquitoes were tested for WN virus by cell culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. WN viral RNA and live virus were found in pools of Culex mosquitoes. Persistence in overwintering Cx. pipiens may be important in the maintenance of WN virus in the northeastern United States.