Genomic sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Culex flavivirus, an insect-specific flavivirus, isolated from Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in Iowa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 934-941

  Blitvich, Bradley J ^a   Lin, Ming ^a   Dorman, Karin S ^a   Soto, Victor ^a   Hovav, Einat ^a   Tucker, Bradley J ^a   Staley, Molly ^a   Platt, Kenneth B ^a   Bartholomay, Lyric C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex flavivirus; Flavivirus; Insect; Mosquito; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; INSECT VECTORS; IOWA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULEX TERRITANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 68149126727     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0428     Document Type: Article

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