Isolation of EEE virus from Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus and Culiseta melanura in coastal South Carolina

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Ortiz, Diana I ^a   Wozniak, Arthur ^b   Tolson, Marsha W ^b   Turner, Pearl E ^b   Vaughan, David R ^c  

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

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c Richland County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equine encephalitis; Epidemiology; Horses; Mosquitoes; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX (GENUS); CULEX SALINARIUS; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EEE VIRUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OCHLEROTATUS (GENUS); OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CULEX; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DROMAIIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; EQUIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; SEASONS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0038440421     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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