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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.0030132&type=printable |
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