La crosse virus field detection and vector competence of culex mosquitoes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 461-467

  Camille Harris, M ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Jackson, Dorian M ^a   Dotseth, Eric J ^a   Paulson, Sally L ^a   Hawley, Dana M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES TRISERIATUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; SPUTUM; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VECTOR COMPETENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84941631590     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0128     Document Type: Article

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