Extrinsic Incubation Periods for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of West Nile Virus by Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)
Anderson J, Main A, Delroux K, Fikrig E. Extrinsic Incubation Periods for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of West Nile Virus by Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 45: 445-451. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282008%2945%5b445%3aeipfha%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWest Nile virusInfection rateVertical transmissionNile virusMinimal infection rateHighest minimum infection rateVertical transmission rateMinimum infection rateWNV 1Extrinsic incubation periodDay 16Extrinsic incubationMembrane feederCulex pipiens pipiens L.Horizontal transmission ratesFirst bloodmealInitiation of amplificationVirusSurvival of virusesMiceFemalesHamstersHorizontal transmissionWNVBloodmeal