Persistence of buggy creek virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) for two years in unfed swallow bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-441

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Moore, Amy T ^a   Young, Ginger R ^b   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Buggy Creek virus; Cliff swallow; Oeciacus vicarius; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; HEMIPTERA; NEBRASKA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWALLOWS;

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

EID: 77951993977     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09288     Document Type: Article

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