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Isolation and sequence analysis of Culex flavivirus from Culex interrogator and Culex quinquefasciatus in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Archives of virology - 1 Jun 2010
Saiyasombat Rungrat, Dorman Karin S, Garcia-Rejon Julian E, Loroño-Pino Maria A, Farfan-Ale Jose A, Blitvich Bradley J
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we reported a high prevalence of Culex flavivirus (CxFV) in Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. To determine whether other Culex spp. mosquitoes in this region are susceptible to natural CxFV infection, Cx. bahamensis (Dyar and Knab), Cx. coronator (Dyar and Knab), Cx. interrogator (Dyar and Knab), Cx. nigripalpus (Theobald) and Cx. opisthopus (Komp) in the Yucatan...
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