Transmission dynamics of an insect-specific flavivirus in a naturally infected Culex pipiens laboratory colony and effects of co-infection on vector competence for West Nile virus

Virology

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-97

  Bolling, Bethany G ^a   Olea Popelka, Francisco J ^a   Eisen, Lars ^a   Moore, Chester G ^a   Blair, Carol D ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex flavivirus; Culex pipiens; Flaviviridae; Flavivirus; Insect specific; Vector competence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INSECT GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INTERFERENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84858751289     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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