Culex flavivirus isolates from mosquitoes in guatemala

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1187-1190

  Morales Betoulle, M E ^a   Pineda, M L Monzón ^a   Sosa, S M ^a   Panella, N ^b   Lopez B M R ^a   Cordon Rosales C ^a   Komar, N ^b   Powers, A ^b   Johnson, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Flavivirus; Guatemala; Insect flavivirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; GUATEMALA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GUATEMALA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 56749156014     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1187:CFIFMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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