Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus from the black flying fox, Pteropus alecto, to Culex annulirostris mosquitoes, despite the absence of detectable viremia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-462

  Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a   Smith, Craig S ^b   Field, Hume E ^b   Smith, Ina L ^a   Northill, Judith A ^a   Taylor, Carmel T ^a   Jansen, Cassie C ^c   Smith, Greg A ^a   Mackenzie, John S ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITE; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO;

EID: 69249168157     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.457     Document Type: Article

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