Experimental transmission of west nile virus by Culex nigripalpus from honduras

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Mores, Christopher N ^a,d   Turell, Michael J ^a   Dohm, David J ^a   Blow, Jamie A ^a,e   Carranza, Marco T ^b   Quintana, Miguel ^c  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Honduras ^*  (Honduras)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex nigripalpus; Honduras; Vector competence; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; HONDURAS; INFECTION RATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULEX; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34547622505     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0557     Document Type: Article

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