La Crosse Virus in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 856-858

  Lambert, Amy J ^a   Blair, Carol D ^b   D'Anton, Mary ^c   Ewing, Winnann ^c   Harborth, Michelle ^c   Seiferth, Robyn ^c   Xiang, Jeannie ^c   Lanciotti, Robert S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LA CROSSE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TEXAS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 77951154642     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.100170     Document Type: Article

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