Encephalitis in Midwest VI. Western Equine Encepalomyelitis Virus Isolated from Aedes dorsalis Meigen.
- 1 October 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 78 (1), 289-290
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-78-19049
Abstract
A total of 7885 mosquitoes in 7 spp., was collected in Weld County, Colorado, 1950 and tested for neurotropic viruses. WEE virus was recovered on 2 occasions from A. dorsalis. This is the first recovery of this virus from Aedes in the Midwest. No virus was recovered from 1141 Culex tarsalis collected concurrently.Keywords
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