Effects of initial dose on eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus dependent mortality in intrathoracically inoculated Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 815-819

  Cooper, Lynn A ^a,b   Sina, Barbara J ^a,c   Turell, Michael J ^a,d   Scott, Thomas W ^a,e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus infection; Culiseta melanura; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus; Mosquito mortality; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0034320521     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.815     Document Type: Article

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