Experimental and natural vertical transmission of west nile virus by california culex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-378

  Nelms, Brittany M ^a   Fechter Leggett, Ethan ^a   Carroll, Brian D ^a   Macedo, Paula ^b   Kluh, Susanne ^c   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^c Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; overwintering; vertical transmission; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84874834143     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12264     Document Type: Article

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