Vector competence of Brazilian Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus for a Brazilian yellow fever virus isolate

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 611-613

  Johnson, Barbara W ^a   Chambers, Trudy V ^a   Crabtree, Mary B ^a   Filippis, Ana M B ^b   Vilarinhos, Paulo T R ^c   Resende, Marcelo C ^c   Macoris, Maria de Lourdes G ^d   Miller, Barry R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Brazil; Vector competence; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARACHNIDA; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; RNA VIRUSES; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0036880653     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90326-3     Document Type: Article

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