Blinded laboratory comparison of the in situ enzyme immunoassay, the VecTest wicking assay, and a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay to detect mosquitoes infected with West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-544

  Chiles, Robert E ^a   Green, Emily N ^a   Fang, Ying ^a   Goddard, Laura ^a,b   Roth, Amy ^a   Reisen, William K ^a,c   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ enzyme immunoassay; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; St. Louis encephalitis virus; VecTest wicking assay; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CULEX TARSALIS; FLAVIVIRUS; INVERTEBRATA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3342918508     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.539     Document Type: Article

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