Importance of vertical and horizontal transmission of West Nile virus by Culex pipiens in the northeastern United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1577-1579

  Anderson, John F ^a   Main, Andy J ^b  

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

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DEATH; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SPRING; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONNECTICUT; CRICETINAE; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; VERO CELLS; VIRUS CULTIVATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33845217651     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508754     Document Type: Article

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