Impact of West Nile virus dose and incubation period on vector competence of Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1487-1491

  Richards, Stephanie L ^a   Anderson, Sheri L ^a   Lord, Cynthia C ^a   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; vector competence; West Nile virus transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CULEX; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FEMALE; FLORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; SALIVA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; IPS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 81155123329     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0229     Document Type: Article

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