American Aedes vexans Mosquitoes are Competent Vectors of Zika Virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1338-1340

  Gendernalik, Alex ^a   Weger Lucarelli, James ^a   Garcia Luna, Selene M ^a   Fauver, Joseph R ^a   Rückert, Claudia ^a   Murrieta, Reyes A ^a   Bergren, Nicholas ^a   Samaras, Demitrios ^a   Nguyen, Chilinh ^a   Kading, Rebekah C ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES VEXANS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; LONGEVITY; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE ASSAY; SALIVATION; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORTH AMERICA; SALIVA; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH AMERICA; SALIVA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85020415314     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0963     Document Type: Article

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