Cocirculation of Rio Negro Virus (RNV) and Pixuna Virus (PIXV) in Tucumán province, Argentina: Short communication

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 865-868

  Pisano, M B ^a   Dantur, M J ^b   Re V E ^a   Diaz L A ^a   Farias A ^a   Sanchez Seco M P ^c   Tenorio, A ^c   Almiron W R ^d   Contigiani, M S ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Argentina; Mosquitoes; Pixuna Virus; Rio Negro Virus; Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex viruses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH IMPACT; MOSQUITO; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PIXUMA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIO NEGRO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA]; FORMOSA [ARGENTINA]; TUCUMAN;

EID: 77953206921     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02541.x     Document Type: Article

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