Quantification of West Nile virus in the saliva of Culex species collected from the southern United States

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Colton, Leah ^a   Nasci, Roger S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Saliva; Transmission; Vector competence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FLORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; LOUISIANA; PLAQUE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; TENNESSEE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33646477034     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[57:QOWNVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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