Experimental transmission of Powassan virus (Flaviviridae) by Ixodes scapularis ticks (Acari:Ixodidae)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 536-546

  Costero, Adriana ^a,b   Grayson, Margaret A ^a,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of San Juan   (Puerto Rico)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IXODES; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SEROCONVERSION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACARI; CRICETINAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POWASSAN VIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029843359     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.536     Document Type: Article

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