West Nile virus vector competency of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in the Galápagos Islands

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-433

  Eastwood, Gillian ^a,b   Kramer, Laura D ^c   Goodman, Simon J ^b   Cunningham, Andrew A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SALIVA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; REPTILIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052792967     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0739     Document Type: Article

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