Experimental Evidence Against Replication or Dissemination of Hepatitis C Virus in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Using Detection by Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 398-401

  Silverman, Ann L ^a   McCray, Doug G ^a   Gordon, Stuart C ^a   Morgan, William T ^b   Walker, Edward D ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albapictus; Anopheles stephensi; Hepatitis C virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030136678     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.398     Document Type: Article

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