Vector competence of three Australian mosquitoes, Verrallina carmenti, Verrallina lineata, and Mansonia septempunctata (Diptera: Culicidae), for Ross River virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-740

  Webb, Cameron E ^a   Doggett, Stephen L ^b   Ritchie, Scott A ^c,d   Russell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mansonia septempunctata; Ross River virus; Verrallina carmenti; Verrallina lineata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; VERRALLINA;

EID: 49249100032     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[737:VCOTAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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