Natural vertical transmission of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kerala, a Southern Indian State

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Thenmozhi, Velayutham ^a   Hiriyan, Joghee Gowder ^a   Tewari, Satish Chandra ^a   Samuel, Paulraj Philip ^a   Paramasivan, Rajaiah ^a   Rajendran, Rathinasamy ^a   Mani, Tiruchengode Ramasamy ^a   Tyagi, Brij Kishore ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 34948884135     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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