Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) develop West Nile virus viremias sufficient for infecting select mosquito species

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-233

  Platt, Kenneth B ^a   Tucker, Brad J ^a   Halbur, Patrick G ^a   Blitvich, Bradley J ^a   Fabiosa, Flor G ^a   Mullin, Kathleen ^a   Parikh, Grishma R ^a   Kitikoon, Pravina ^b   Bartholomay, Lyric C ^a   Rowley, Wayne A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes triseriatus; Culex pipiens; Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger); West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES TRISERIATUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUIRREL; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; SCIURIDAE; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS; VIREMIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 36448994735     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0182     Document Type: Article

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