Short report: Comparison of oral infectious dose of West Nile virus isolates representing three distinct genotypes in Culex quinquefasciatus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-954

  Vanlandingham, Dana L ^a,b   McGee, Charles E ^a,b   Klingler, Kimberly A ^a,b   Galbraith, Sareen E ^a,b   Barrett, Alan D T ^a,b   Higgs, Stephen ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 57649180803     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.951     Document Type: Article

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