Vector Competence of <i>Culex quinquefasciatus</i> from Brazil for <i>West Nile Virus</i>

Vector Competence of <i>Culex quinquefasciatus</i> from Brazil for <i>West Nile Virus</i>

<i>West Nile virus</i> is characterized as a neurotropic pathogen, which can cause West Nile fever and is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus <i>Culex</i>. In 2018, the Instituto Evandro Chagas performed the first isolation of a WNV strain in Brazil from a horse brain samp...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Aline Moura Reis, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Daniel Damous Dias, Maria Nazaré Oliveira Freitas, Rossela Damasceno Caldeira, Pedro Arthur da Silva Araújo, Fábio Silva da Silva, José Wilson Rosa Junior, Roberto Carlos Feitosa Brandão, Bruna Laís Sena do Nascimento, Lívia Caricio Martins, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
<i>West Nile virus</i>
flavivirus
<i>Culex quinquefasciatus</i>
arbovirus infections
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/4/217

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