Marilyn O Ruiz

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA
    Marilyn O Ruiz
    Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
    Parasit Vectors 3:19. 2010
  2. ncbi Nestling passerines are not important hosts for amplification of West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois
    Scott R Loss
    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Shelford Vivarium, Urbana, IL, USA
    Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 9:13-8. 2009
  3. ncbi Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois
    Scott R Loss
    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Shelford Vivarium, 606 E Healey St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
    Oecologia 159:415-24. 2009
  4. ncbi Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit
    Marilyn O Ruiz
    Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 6:10. 2007

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA
    Marilyn O Ruiz
    Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
    Parasit Vectors 3:19. 2010
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  2. ncbi Nestling passerines are not important hosts for amplification of West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois
    Scott R Loss
    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Shelford Vivarium, Urbana, IL, USA
    Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 9:13-8. 2009
    ..These combined results suggest that nestling passerines play no evident role in WNV amplification and transmission in the Chicago area...
  3. ncbi Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois
    Scott R Loss
    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Shelford Vivarium, 606 E Healey St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
    Oecologia 159:415-24. 2009
    ..These results from a fine-scale study call into question the generality of a dilution effect for WNV at coarser spatial scales...
  4. ncbi Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit
    Marilyn O Ruiz
    Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 6:10. 2007
    ..The objectives were to improve understanding of human exposure to virus-infected mosquitoes in the urban context, and to assess the degree to which environmental factors found to be important in Chicago were also found in Detroit...