Vector competence of five common mosquito species in the People's Republic of China for western equine encephalitis virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Wang, Zhongming ^a   Zhang, Xiaolong ^a   Li, Chunxiao ^a   Zhang, Yingmei ^a   Xing, Dan ^a   Wu, Yuanming ^a   Zhao, Tongyan ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Infection; Mosquito; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS PALLENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; DISEASE CARRIER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHINA; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS PALLENS; STEGOMYIA; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84864071450     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0660     Document Type: Article

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