Mosquitoes Inoculate High Doses of West Nile Virus as They Probe and Feed on Live Hosts

West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted to vertebrate hosts by mosquitoes as they take a blood meal. The amount of WNV inoculated by mosquitoes as they feed on a live host is not known. Previous estimates of the amount of WNV inoculated by mosquitoes (10(1.2)–10(4.3) PFU) were based on in vitro assays...

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Autores principales: Styer, Linda M, Kent, Kim A, Albright, Rebecca G, Bennett, Corey J, Kramer, Laura D, Bernard, Kristen A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17941708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17941708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030132

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