Enhancement or modulation of the vector competence of Ochlerotatus vigilax (Diptera: Culicidae) for Ross River virus by temperature

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Kay, B H ^a   Jennings, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Australia; Ochlerotatus vigilax; Ross River virus; Temperature; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0036372894     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.99     Document Type: Article

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