Field-caught Culex erythrothorax larvae found naturally infected with West Nile virus in Grand County, Utah

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 561-562

  Phillips, Robert A ^a   Christensen, Kimberly ^b  

^a Moab Mosquito Abatement District   (United States)

^b Utah Public Health Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex erythrothorax; Overwintering; Transovarial transmission; Vertical transmission; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; LARVA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; LARVA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTAH; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX ERYTHROTHORAX; TYPHA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750400845     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[561:FCELFN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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