Larval nutritional stress does not affect vector competence for West Nile virus (WNV) in culex tarsalis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1493-1497

  Dodson, Brittany L ^a,b   Kramer, Laura D ^b,c   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX TARSALIS; LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; REARING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX TARSALIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 81155125709     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0662     Document Type: Article

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