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Extrinsic Incubation Periods for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of West Nile Virus by Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)
1 May 2008
Abstract excerpt
Culex pipiens pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae), infected per os from a membrane feeder, transmitted West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) at 26 degrees C horizontally during feeding to hamsters and suckling mice and vertically to F1 progeny during egg deposition. Horizontal transmission rates increased with extrinsic incubation, with 75-100% of the females transmitting on days 16 through 25...
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