Aedes albopictus (diptera: culicidae) is incompetent as a vector of hepatitis C virus

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Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Bellini, Romeo ^a   Casali, Bruno ^c   Carrieri, Marco ^a   Zambonelli, Carlo ^c   Rivasi, Paolo ^c   Rivasi, Francesco ^b  

^a Centro Agricoltura Ambiente   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; hepatitis C; mosquito infection; PCR; vector competence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030887555     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00572.x     Document Type: Article

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