Evaluation of vector competence for West Nile virus in Italian Stegomyia albopicta (=Aedes albopictus) mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 430-433

  Fortuna, C ^a   Remoli, M E ^a   Severini, F ^a   Di Luca, M ^a   Toma, L ^a   Fois, F ^b   Bucci, P ^a   Boccolini, D ^a   Romi, R ^a   Ciufolini, M G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Sardinia; Stegomyia albopicta; Vector competence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HORSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WEST NILE VIRUS; WILD POPULATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; SARDINIA; URBAN AREA; VERO CELL LINE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ITALY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; STEGOMYIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84946472578     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12133     Document Type: Article

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