Vector competence of some French Culex and Aedes mosquitoes for West Nile Virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 589-595

  Balenghien, Thomas ^a,b   Vazeille, Marie ^c   Grandadam, Marc ^d   Schaffner, Francis ^e,f   Zeller, Hervé ^c   Reiter, Paul ^c   Sabatier, Philippe ^a   Fouque, Florence ^c   Bicout, Dominique J ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Entente Interdepartementale pour la Demoustication du Littoral Mediterraneen   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes caspius (Pallas); Culex pipiens Linnaeus; Vector Competence Culex modestus Ficalbi; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; AEDES CASPIUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX; CULEX MODESTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOWL; FRANCE; INCUBATION TIME; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AVES; CUCURBITA; CULEX PIPIENS; MAMMALIA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 53549129999     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0266     Document Type: Article

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