Eastern equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes and their role as bridge vectors

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1869-1874

  Armstrong, Philip M ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONNECTICUT; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PLAQUE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 78649618244     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100640     Document Type: Article

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