Vector Studies in the St. Louis Encephalitis Epidemic, Tampa Bay Area, Florida, 1962
- 1 May 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 13 (3) , 456-461
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1964.13.456
Abstract
Summary A total of 25,240 mosquitoes was captured in the Tampa Bay area during September and October 1962, using miniature, battery-operated light traps. These were tested in suckling mice in 1,114 pools. A total of 19 isolations of St. Louis encephalitis virus was made, 18 from Culex nigripalpus and a single one from Anopheles crucians. Twenty-nine other virus isolations were made. Twenty-eight were from An. crucians and have been identified as a new virus related to Cache Valley virus of the Bunyamwera arbovirus group; the other was an unidentified virus of the California arbovirus group from Aedes atlanticustormentor.Keywords
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- Isolation of St. Louis Encephalitis Viruses from Mosquitoes in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida during the Epidemic of 1962The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1964