Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Transmission and Effect on Pathogenesis

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Transmission and Effect on Pathogenesis

Quantifying the dose of an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes is essential for designing pathogenesis studies simulating natural infection of vertebrates. Titration of saliva collected in vitro from infected mosquitoes may not accurately estimate titers transmitted during blood feeding, and infecti...

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Main Authors: Darci R. Smith, Patricia V. Aguilar, Lark L. Coffey, Gregory D. Gromowski, Eryu Wang, Nikos Vasilakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
arbovirus
alphavirus
mosquito
saliva
transmission
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-0841_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-0841_article

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