Field Evaluation of a Sentinel Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Trap System to Detect Japanese Encephalitis in Remote Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-252

  Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Pyke, Alyssa T ^a,b   Smith, Greg A ^a,b   Northill, Judith A ^a,b   Hall, Roy A ^a,c   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a,c   Johansen, Cheryl A ^a,d   Montgomery, Brian L ^a   Mackenzie, John S ^a,c  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b QLD Health Scientific Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Australia; Japanese encephalitis; Mosquito trap; Polymerase chain reaction; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX SITIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE;

EID: 0142058208     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.249     Document Type: Article

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