Publication Date:
1992-08-03
Description:
Fourteen strains of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus were isolated from Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Polk County, Florida. These are the first isolations of an arbovirus of proven public health and veterinary importance from naturally infected Ae. albopictus in the United States since established populations of this introduced mosquito were first discovered in 1985. The widespread distribution of Ae. albopictus in Florida and in other areas of the United States where EEE is endemic raises concern that this species may become an epizootic and epidemic vector of EEE virus.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mitchell, C J -- Niebylski, M L -- Smith, G C -- Karabatsos, N -- Martin, D -- Mutebi, J P -- Craig, G B Jr -- Mahler, M J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):526-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Public Health Service, Fort Collins, CO 80522.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1321985" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aedes/*microbiology
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Animals
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine/*isolation & purification
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Florida
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Mice
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United States
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Vero Cells
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
