Transmission of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in Central Alabama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Cupp, Eddie W ^a   Klingler, Kimberly ^b   Hassan, Hassan K ^c   Viguers, Leslie M ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES VEXANS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULISETA METANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INFECTION RATE; MELANOCONION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; URANOTAENIA SAPPHIRINA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES VEXANS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULISETA; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; MELANOCONION; REPTILIA; RNA VIRUSES; SAPPHIRINA; URANOTAENIA SAPPHIRINA;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0041304664     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.495     Document Type: Article

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