Vertical transmission of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Córdoba, Argentina

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 999-1002

  Flores, Fernando Sebastián ^a   Diaz, Luis Adrián ^a,b   Batallán, Gonzalo Pedro ^a,b   Almirón, Walter Ricardo ^b   Contigiani, Marta Silvia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Overwinter; SLEV; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMAGO; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHICKENS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; IXODIDA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78649997683     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0136     Document Type: Article

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