Mosquito-host interactions during and after an outbreak of equine viral encephalitis in eastern Panama

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Navia Gine, Wayra G ^a   Loaiza, Jose R ^a,b,c   Miller, Matthew J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO HOST INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84892410802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081788     Document Type: Article

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