Mosquito Saliva Causes Enhancement of West Nile Virus Infection in Mice

West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted to vertebrate hosts primarily by infected Culex mosquitoes. Transmission of arboviruses by the bite of infected mosquitoes can potentiate infection in hosts compared to viral infection by needle inoculation. Here we examined the effect of mosquito transmission on...

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Main Authors: Styer, Linda M., Lim, Pei-Yin, Louie, Karen L., Albright, Rebecca G., Kramer, Laura D., Bernard, Kristen A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2011
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Pathogenesis and Immunity
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3028906/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21147918
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01112-10
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