Detection of sequences from a potentially novel strain of cell fusing agent virus in Mexican Stegomyia (Aedes) aegypti mosquitoes

Archives of Virology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1263-1267

  Espinoza Gómez, Francisco ^a   López Lemus, Alejandro U ^a   Rodriguez Sanchez, Irám P ^b   Martinez Fierro, Margarita L ^c   Newton Sánchez, Oscar A ^a   Chávez Flores, Edgar ^a   Delgado Enciso, Iván ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; CULICIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959605162     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-0967-2     Document Type: Article

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