The Isolation of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus from Culex Nigripalpus Mosquitoes in Jamaica

1 May 1964

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Vol. 13 (3), 452-454
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1964.13.452

Abstract

Summary A strain of St. Louis encephalitis virus was isolated from Culex nigripalpus in Jamaica. It is the first isolation of St. Louis virus on that island.

Keywords

AEDES
COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS
CULEX
ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES
ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY
GUINEA PIGS
HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS
INSECT VECTORS
MOSQUITOES
SEASONS
WEST INDIES

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Acute Viral Encephalitis in Jamaica
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1963

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