Detection of Chikungunya virus in wild populations of aedes albopictus in Kerala State, India

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 907-911

  Kumar, Narendran Pradeep ^a   Sabesan, Shanmugavelu ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Kaliannagounder ^b   Jambulingam, Purushothaman ^b  

^a Vector Control Research Centre Field Station (ICMR)   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya; Vector

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVELOPE 1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INDIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 84867219180     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0969     Document Type: Article

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