Detection of West Nile virus RNA in pools of three species of ceratopogonids (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) collected in Louisiana

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1020-1022

  Sabio, Isidra J ^a   Mackay, Andrew J ^a   Roy, Alma ^b   Foil, Lane D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonids; Culicoides; Louisiana; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LOUISIANA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ATRICHOPOGON; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; FORCIPOMYIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750965985     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1020:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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