Mayaro Virus Isolated from a Trinidadian Mosquito,  Mansonia venezuelensis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1960 English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 131, pages 986-986 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: T H, AITKEN; W G, DOWNS; C R, ANDERSON; L, SPENCE; J, CASALS;

doi: 10.1126/science.131.3405.986.a , 10.1126/science.131.3405.986

pmid: 13792204

Mayaro Virus Isolated from a Trinidadian Mosquito, Mansonia venezuelensis

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Abstract

A strain of Mayaro virus has been isolated in Trinidad from the mosquito Mansonia venezuelensis . This is the first record of isolation of this agent from naturally infected mosquitoes, caught in the wild.

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Rockefeller Foundation
United States
University of the West Indies System
Jamaica

Keywords

Culicidae, Trinidad and Tobago, Viruses, Animals, Alphavirus, Malvaceae

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