La Crosse Virus in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009

We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus’s historically recognized geographic...

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Autores principales: Lambert, Amy J., Blair, Carol D., D’Anton, Mary, Ewing, Winnann, Harborth, Michelle, Seiferth, Robyn, Xiang, Jeannie, Lanciotti, Robert S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409384
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.100170
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Sumario:We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus’s historically recognized geographic range is of public health concern.

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