La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009

We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus's historically recognized geogra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2010-05, Vol.16 (5), p.856-858
Hauptverfasser:	Lambert, Amy J, Blair, Carol D, D'Anton, Mary, Ewing, Winnann, Harborth, Michelle, Seiferth, Robyn, Xiang, Jeannie, Lanciotti, Robert S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aedes - virology Animals arbovirus Cercopithecus aethiops Cricetinae Dispatch encephalitis Encephalitis, California - epidemiology Encephalitis, California - virology Geography Humans Insect Vectors - virology La Crosse virus - genetics La Crosse virus - isolation & purification mosquitoes Phylogeny Public Health RNA, Viral - genetics RNA, Viral - isolation & purification Sequence Analysis, RNA Texas Texas - epidemiology vector-borne Vero Cells Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus's historically recognized geographic range is of public health concern.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1605.100170