Evidence of Vertical Transmission of Ross River and Sindbis Viruses (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) by Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southeastern Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 180-182

  Dhileepan, K ^a   Azuolas, J K ^a   Gibson, C A ^a  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes camptorhynchus; Australia; Ross River virus; Sindbis virus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; CAMPTORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; VICTORIA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL LINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029678184     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.180     Document Type: Article

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