Bunyavirus-vector interactions

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4373-4397

  Horne, Kate McElroy ^a   Vanlandingham, Dana L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquito; Bunyavirus; Culex mosquito; Hemorrhagic fever; Tick

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AKABANE VIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS; CACHE VALLEY VIRUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT BORNE BUNYAVIRUS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; NAIRO VIRUS; NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; TICK BORNE BUNYAVIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VECTOR INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

IXODIDA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ARTHROPODS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 84910141500     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6114373     Document Type: Review

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