Wicking Assays for the Rapid Detection of West Nile and St. Louis Encephalitis Viral Antigens in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-99

  Ryan, J ^a   Dave K ^b   Emmerich, E ^b   Fernandez B ^b   Turell, M ^c   Johnson, J ^d   Gottfried, K ^d   Burkhalter, K ^d   Kerst, A ^d   Hunt, A ^d   Wirtz, R ^e   Nasci, R ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Medical Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

^c Dept of Immunol and Molec Biology Bldg 1425 U States Army Med R   (United States)

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

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Rapid detection; St. Louis encephalitis; Surveillance; West Nile virus; Wicking assay

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; HUMANS; PLAQUE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0037264064     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.95     Document Type: Article

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