Detection of West Nile virus RNA from the louse fly Icosta americana (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 474-476

  Farajollahi, Ary ^a,b   Crans, Wayne J ^a   Nickerson, Diane ^c   Bryant, Patricia ^d   Wolf, Bruce ^d   Glaser, Amy ^e   Andreadis, Theodore G ^f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^c Mercer County Wildlife Center   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^e Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^f Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hippoboscidae; Icosta americana; Raptors; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; NEW JERSEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; ICOSTA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RAPTORES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 32044431682     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[474:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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