Brugia malayi microfilariae (Nematoda: Filaridae) enhance the infectivity of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus to Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 758-763

  Vaughan, Jefferson A ^a,b   Trpis, Milan ^a,c   Turell, Michael J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes taeniorhynchus; Aedes triseriatus; Arbovirus; Filaria; Microfilarial enhancement of arboviral transmission

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; FILARIA; GERBILLINAE; NEMATODA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL CULTURE; GERBIL; HAMSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; GERBILLINAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033220008     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.758     Document Type: Article

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