Mosquitoes inoculate high doses of West Nile virus as they probe and feed on live hosts.

Mosquitoes inoculate high doses of West Nile virus as they probe and feed on live hosts.

West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted to vertebrate hosts by mosquitoes as they take a blood meal. The amount of WNV inoculated by mosquitoes as they feed on a live host is not known. Previous estimates of the amount of WNV inoculated by mosquitoes (10(1.2)-10(4.3) PFU) were based on in vitro assays...

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Main Authors: Linda M Styer, Kim A Kent, Rebecca G Albright, Corey J Bennett, Laura D Kramer, Kristen A Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.0030132&type=printable
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