Detection of francisella tularensis in alaskan mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and assessment of a laboratory model for transmission

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-648

  Triebenbach, Alison N ^a   Vogl, Sigrid J ^a   Lotspeich Cole, Leda ^a   Sikes, Derek S ^b   Happ, George M ^a   Hueffer, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

detection; Francisella; mosquito; transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INSECT VECTORS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICE; PUPA; TULAREMIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954202156     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09192     Document Type: Article

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