Vector competence of Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus for equine-virulent subtype IE strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1052

  Deardorff, Eleanor R ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX TAENIOPUS; FEMALE; GENETIC STRAIN; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; PHENOTYPE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; VERO CELLS;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; CULEX TAENIOPUS; EQUIDAE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 77953729872     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0556     Document Type: Article

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