Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in the mosquito vector Aedes taeniorhynchus: Infection initiated by a small number of susceptible epithelial cells and a population bottleneck

Virology

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-186

  Smith, Darci R ^a   Adams, A Paige ^a   Kenney, Joan L ^a   Wang, Eryu ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Evolution; Genetics; Mosquito; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHERRY FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REPLICON;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ALPHAVIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 38949093857     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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