Zika virus vector competency of mosquitoes, Gulf Coast, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 559-560

  Hart, Charles E ^a   Roundy, Christopher M ^a   Azar, Sasha R ^a   Huang, Jing H ^a   Yun, Ruimei ^a   Reynolds, Erin ^a   Leal, Grace ^a   Nava, Martin R ^b   Vela, Jeremy ^b   Stark, Pamela M ^b   Debboun, Mustapha ^b   Rossi, Shannan ^a   Vasilakis, Nikos ^a   Thangamani, Saravanan ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Harris County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; LETTER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SALIVA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; INSECT VECTORS; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85013276803     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2303.161636     Document Type: Letter

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