CACHE VALLEY VIRUS - ISOLATIONS FROM MOSQUITOS IN SASKATCHEWAN, 1972-1974

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作者
IVERSEN, JO [1 ]
WAGNER, RJ [1 ]
LEUNG, MK [1 ]
HAYLES, LB [1 ]
MCLINTOCK, JR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA AGR RES STN,SASKATOON S7N 0W0,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA
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10.1139/m79-110
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Eighteen isolations of Cache Valley virus (Bunyaviridae) were obtained from a total of 113,694 mosquitoes collected in Saskatchewan during the summers of 1972 to 1974. Most of the isolations were from mosquitoes collected during August. Culiseta inornata, the most abundant mosquito (38% of total collected), had the highest minimum vector-infection rate (0.83 isolations per 1000 mosquitoes). The virus was also isolated from Culex tarsalis and Aedes vexans. It is indicated in the isolations that the prairie grasslands of the province are enzootic for Cache Valley virus.
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