Mechanical Transport of Rotavirus by the Legs and Wings of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 527-531

  Tan, S W ^a   Yap, K L ^a   Lee, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Housefly; Mechanical transmission; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; ROTAVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORELIMB; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; ROTAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; WING;

EID: 0031228452     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.5.527     Document Type: Article

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