Transmission of endemic st louis encephalitis virus strains by local culex quinquefasciatus populations in có rdoba, argentina

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 332-334

  Diaz, Luis Adrián ^a,b,c   Flores, Fernando Sebastián ^a   Beranek, Mauricio ^a   Rivarola, Maria Elisa ^a   Almirón, Walter Ricardo ^b,c   Contigiania, Marta Silvia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; C rdoba; Culex quinquefasciatus; Mosquitoes; St Louis encephalitis virus; Vector competence; Viral strains

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHICKENS; CULEX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 84883045199     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt023     Document Type: Article

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