Limited potential for mosquito transmission of genetically engineered, live-attenuated western equine encephalitis virus vaccine candidates

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-221

  Turell, Michael J ^a   O'Guinn, Monica L ^a   Parker, Michael D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; LIVE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN E1; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN E2; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX TARSALIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG SAFETY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAMSTER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VACCINATION; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CULEX TARSALIS; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0037316017     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.218     Document Type: Article

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