Natural enzootic vectors of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Magdalena Valley, Colombia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Ferro, Cristina ^a   Boshell, Jorge ^a   Moncayo, Abelardo C ^b   Gonzalez, Marta ^a   Ahumada, Marta L ^a   Kang, Wenli ^b   Weaver, Scott C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CULEX; CULEX ADAMESI; CULEX PEDROI; CULEX VOMERIFER; HAMSTER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037240465     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0901.020136     Document Type: Article

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