Susceptibility of Ae. aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to infection with epidemic (subtype IC) and enzootic (subtypes ID, IIIC, HID) Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphaviruses

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1117-1125

  Ortiz, Diana I ^a,b   Kang, Wenli ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

^a Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alphavirus; Mosquito; Susceptibility; Vector; Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PERU; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PERU; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEXAS;

ALPHAVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 56749144296     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1117:SOAADC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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