Evidence of laboratory vector competence of Culex modestus for West Nile virus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-236

  Balenghien, Thomas ^a   Vazeille, Marie ^b   Reiter, Paul ^b   Schaffner, Francis ^c,d   Zeller, Herve ^b   Bicout, Dominique J ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Entente Interdepartementale pour la Demoustication du Littoral Mediterraneen   (France)

Author keywords

Camargue; Culex modestus; Vector competence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; HORSES; SALIVA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34548022837     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[233:EOLVCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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