Detection of encephalitis viruses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and avian tissues

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 312-323

  Kramer, L D ^a,b   Wolfe, T M ^a,c   Green, E N ^a   Chiles, R E ^a   Fallah, H ^a,d   Fang, Y ^a   Reisen, W K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c School of Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Enzyme immunoassay; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Surveillance; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; GALLIFORMES; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

VIRUS DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CERCOPITHECUS; CULEX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRD; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, WESTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRDS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0036515490     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.2.312     Document Type: Article

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