EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE VECTOR POTENTIAL OF CERTAIN CULEX SPECIESTO WEST NILE VIRUS

Authors
ILKAL MA MAVALE MS PRASANNA Y JACOB PG GEEVARGHESE G BANERJEE K
Citation
Ma. Ilkal et al., EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE VECTOR POTENTIAL OF CERTAIN CULEX SPECIESTO WEST NILE VIRUS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, 106, 1997, pp. 225-228
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Immunology
Journal title
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH → ACNP
ISSN journal
09715916
Volume
106
Year of publication
1997
Pages
225 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0971-5916(1997)106:<225:ESOTVP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Experimental studies were carried out to determine the vector potentia l of four species of mosquitoes to West Nile (WN) virus, viz. Culex tr itaeniorhynchus, Cx. vishnui, Cx. bitaeniorhynchus and Cx. univittatus . All the four species of mosquitoes successfully transmitted and supp orted the growth of WN virus, The study indicated that the four specie s of mosquitoes could act as potential vectors of WN virus in nature.