Tick-borne flavivirus infection in Ixodes scapularis larvae: Development of a novel method for synchronous viral infection of ticks

Virology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 410-418

  Mitzel, Dana N ^a   Wolfinbarger, James B ^a   Long, R Daniel ^a   Masnick, Max ^a   Best, Sonja M ^a   Bloom, Marshall E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersion; Ixodes scapularis; Langat virus; Tick; Tick borne encephalitis; Transmission; Virus replication

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; IXODES; LARVA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; LANGAT VIRUS; MUS; TICK-BORNE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 34547681956     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.057     Document Type: Article

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