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Extrinsic Incubation Periods for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of West Nile Virus by Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)
2008-05-01
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°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 postinfec...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7245d478-ea73-5067-a2eb-8dd175b5a82d
- DOI
- 10.1093/jmedent/45.3.445
