Study of the effect of the midgut bacterial flora of Culex quinquefasciatus on the susceptibility of mosquitoes to Japanese encephalitis virus

Acta Virologica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-260

  Mourya, D T ^a,c   Gokhale, M D ^a   Pidiyar, V ^b   Barde, P V ^a   Patole, M ^b   Mishra, A C ^a   Shouche, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^c Microbial Containment Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Culex quinquefasciatus; Japanese encephalitis virus; Midgut; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; AEROMONAS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; INTESTINES; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS CULICICOLA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS;

EID: 0037000601     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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