Mosquito-based survey for the detection of flaviviruses and filarial nematodes in Aedes albopictus and other anthropophilic mosquitoes collected in northern Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-465

  Masetti, Antonio ^a,b   Rivasi, Francesco ^b   Bellini, Romeo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Centro Agricoltura Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Dirofilaria; Flavivirus; Mosquito based surveillance of pathogens; Mosquito borne diseases; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRURIDA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIOIDEA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 57349195131     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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