Genetic and anatomic determinants of enzootic Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection of Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kenney, Joan L ^a,b   Adams, A Paige ^a   Gorchakov, Rodion ^a   Leal, Grace ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CULEX; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84861206348     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001606     Document Type: Article

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