Vector Competence of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Massachusetts for a Sympatric Isolate of Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 346-352

  Vaidyanathan, R ^a,b   Edman, J D ^a   Cooper, L A ^a,c   Scott, T W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes canadensis; Arbovirus; Culex salinarius; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; ARBOVIRUS; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA MELANURA; DIPTERA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; OCHLEROTATUS CANADENSIS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MASSACHUSETTS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031131897     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.346     Document Type: Article

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