Vector competence of Culex neavei (Diptera: Culicidae) for Usutu virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 993-996

  Nikolay, Birgit ^a,b   Diallo, Mawlouth ^a   Faye, Ousmane ^a   Boye, Cheikh S ^c   Sall, Amadou A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX NEAVEI; ECOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84862178242     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0509     Document Type: Article

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