Culex flavivirus and West Nile virus in Culex quinquefasciatus populations in the southeastern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Crockett, Rebekah Kent ^a   Burkhalter, Kristen ^a   Mead, Daniel ^b   Kelly, Rosmarie ^c   Brown, Jeffrey ^d   Varnado, Wendy ^d   Roy, Alma ^e   Horiuchi, Kalanthe ^a   Biggerstaff, Brad J ^a   Miller, Barry ^a   Nasci, Roger ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Georgia Division of Public Health Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex flavivirus; Culex quinquefasciatus; insect only flavivirus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVIVIRUS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84863011102     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11080     Document Type: Article

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