Experimental vertical transmission of West Nile virus by Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 640-644

  Dohm, David J ^a   Sardelis, Michael R ^a,b   Turell, Michael J ^a  

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

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiensf; Vertical transmission; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CULEX; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; FEMALE; MALE; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0036632637     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.640     Document Type: Article

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