Overwintering of infectious Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) in Oeciacus vicarius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in North Dakota

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-394

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Moore, Amy T ^a   Knutie, Sarah A ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Buggy Creek virus; Cliff swallow; Oeciacus vicarius; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota; Swallow bug

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMICIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALS; CIMICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH DAKOTA; SEASONS; SWALLOWS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; BUGGY CREEK VIRUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HIRUNDINIDAE; OECIACUS VICARIUS; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 63749089212     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0227     Document Type: Article

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