Multiple Isolations of Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Highlands J Viruses from Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) during a 1996 Epizootic in Southeastern Connecticut

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 296-302

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Anderson, John F ^a   Tirrell Peck, Shirley J ^b  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Eastern equine encephalitis; Epizootic; Highlands J; Isolation; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; AEDES CANTATOR; AEDES SOLLICITANS; AEDES VEXANS; ARBOVIRUS; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA MELANURA; CULISETA MORSITANS; DIPTERA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIGHLANDS J VIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS CANADENSIS;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CONNECTICUT; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032061315     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.296     Document Type: Article

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