Vector for West Nile virus
Effect of overwintering on survival and vector competence of the West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens
... Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that is mainly transmitted among birds by Culex pipiens ...and vector competence of biotype ...on vector competence of ...
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Effect of overwintering on survival and vector competence of the West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens
... BACKGROUND:West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that is mainly transmitted among birds by Culex pipiens ...and vector competence of biotype ...on vector competence of ...
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West Nile virus vector Culex modestus established in southern England
... the West Nile virus vector Culex modestus and the potential malaria vector Anopheles hyrcanus in central ...J Vector Ecol 2008, ...of West Nile virus in ...
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Vector Competence of Argentine Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for West Nile virus (Flaviviridae: Flavivirus)
... to vector West Nile virus (WNV) to assess their role in the transmission of WNV in South ...in vector competence studies using NY99 and WN02 genotype strains of WNV obtained in New York ...
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Ecological Niche Modeling of Potential West Nile Virus Vector Mosquito Species in Iowa
... extant West Nile virus (WNV) vectors (Culex pipiens L and Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae)), and the nuisance mosquito, Aedes vexans Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae), a potential WNV bridge ...
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Vector competence of California mosquitoes for West Nile virus.
... for West Nile virus (WNV) transmission, we evaluated 10 Cali- fornia species that are known vectors of other arboviruses or major pests: Culex tarsalis, ...
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Vector competence of European mosquitoes for West Nile virus
... cells, virus particles need to disseminate through the haemocoel in order to reach the salivary ...a virus replication cycle in the midgut epithelial cells, through infection of the midgut tracheae or ...
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West Nile virus host vector pathogen interactions in a colonial raptor
... the virus either at the breeding site or during their wintering period in ...WNV vector is in the first two weeks after hatching when maternal antibodies are expected to be sufficiently high based on ...
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Iron availability affects West Nile virus infection in its mosquito vector
... Virus also induces immune reaction in mosquitoes and whether iron metabolism proteins play a role in immunity is not explored. Here we show that mosquitoes infected with WNV, display increased expression of ...
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Sewer Overflows and the Vector Mosquito Proximity to Human West Nile Virus Infections
... The tree canopy in DeKalb County has reduced from 51% to 47% total tree canopy between year 1991 and 2005 while impervious surfaces has increased by 62% from 14% to 21% (Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 2011). ...
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Avian roosting behavior influences vector host interactions for West Nile virus hosts
... Abstract Background: Extensive work has shown that vectors almost never feed at random. Often, a subset of individual hosts and host species are fed on much more frequently than expected from their abundance and this can ...
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The importance of climatic and ecological factors for vector-borne infections: Culex pipiens and West Nile virus
... Conclusions In this thesis, that is a collection of scientific articles, we have seen that mathematical models represent a very helpful tool to investigate vector-borne infections, in particular from the ...
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Emergence and Associated Risk Factors of Vector Borne West Nile Virus Infection in Ilorin, Nigeria
... the virus last amid 2 to 15 days (14, ...the vector re- sponsible for the transmission of WNV usu- ally increase the risk of acquisition of the in- ...
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West Nile Virus in the Americas
... The dramatic spread of WNV across the Western Hemisphere has produced a new public health problem of substantial impact. Unlike in the Old World where outbreaks are separated by years or decades of little or no WNV ...
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Pesticides and the West Nile Virus
... the West Nile virus in the United States is part of a larger phenomenon related to the growth of infectious diseases and increasing difficulties controlling ...than West Nile,” ...
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West Nile Virus in the New World: Trends in the Spread and Proliferation of West Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere
... dengue virus infections, given that surveillance for dengue infection in tropical American countries is typically based on results of the IgM capture ELISA, which is a non-specific test for flavivirus IgM antibody ...
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West Nile Virus Response Plan
... Possible West Nile virus vector mosquitoes in King County To date, eight species of mosquitoes in King County have been associated with the West Nile ...associated vector ...
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The epidemiology of West Nile virus in Louisiana
... Arboviruses, as their name implies, are dependent on an insect vector for both transmission and development. Arbovirus’ dependency on insect vectors also makes them susceptible to the same environmental influences ...
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West Nile virus: a growing concern?
... the virus in the laboratory, their vector competence in humans is still ...same vector contributes to both the mammalian and the avian cycles, disease activity will con- tinue to be more ...
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Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Lebanon
... primary vector of WNV. Moreover, another potential vector, Culex perexiguus, was also present but in limited ...the virus in the country as suggested by the observed low seroprevalence rates among ...
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