Susceptibility of Selected Strains of Australian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to Rift Valley Fever Virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-135

  Turell, Michael J ^a   Kay, Brian H ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Rift valley fever virus; Transmission rates; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

AEDES NOTOSCRIPTUS; CRICETINAE; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRICETINAE; CULEX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; MICE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032011716     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.2.132     Document Type: Article

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