Experimental infection of Hyalomma marginatum ticks with West Nile virus

Acta Virologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Formosinho, P ^a   Santos Silva, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Hyalomma marginatum; Portugal; Ticks; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; RABBIT; TICK; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; MICE; NYMPH; PORTUGAL; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33845955589     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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