A newly emergent genotype of West Nile virus is transmitted earlier and more efficiently by Culex mosquitoes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-370

  Moudy, Robin M ^a   Meola, Mark A ^a   Morin, Laura Lee L ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^b   Kramer, Laura D ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CULEX; EMBRYO; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INSECT VECTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34848900458     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.365     Document Type: Article

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