Vector competence of Culex pipiens molestus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Taiwan for a sympatric strain of Japanese encephalitis virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 780-783

  Weng, Ming Hui ^a   Lien, Jih Ching ^a   Lin, Chang Chi ^a   Yao, Chen Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens molestus; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Japanese encephalitis virus; Susceptibility; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; TAIWAN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034266364     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.5.780     Document Type: Article

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