Effect of holding conditions on the detection of West Nile viral RNA by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction from mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) pools

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Turell, Michael J ^b   Spring, Alexandra R ^a,b   Miller, Melissa K ^a,b   Cannon, Charles E ^a,b  

^a U States Army Ctr Hlth Prom P   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Detection; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRD; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; FEMALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SONGBIRDS; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0036366022     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.1     Document Type: Article

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