Isolation of West Nile and Sindbis viruses from mosquitoes collected in the Nile Valley of Egypt during an outbreak of Rift Valley fever

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 248-250

  Turell, Michael J ^a   Morrill, John C ^a,b   Rossi, Cynthia A ^a   Gad, Adel M ^a,c   Cope, Stanton E ^a,d   Clements, Tamara L ^a   Arthur, Ray R ^a,e   Wasieloski, Leonard P ^a   Dohm, David J ^a   Nash, Denise ^a   Hassan, Mosaad M ^a,c   Hassan, Ali N ^a,c   Morsy, Zakaria S ^a,c   Presley, Steven M ^a,f  

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

^b S Plains Dist Veterinary Command   (United States)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Navy Dis Vec Ecol/Control Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Isolation; Mosquitoes; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTENNATUS; ARBOVIRUS; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; EGYPT; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SINDBIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0036366645     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.248     Document Type: Article

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