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Short communication: Susceptibility of Culex sitiens to Japanese encephalitis virus in peninsular Malaysia
Author(s) -
Vythilingam I.,
Tan S. B.,
Krishnasamy M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00896.x
Subject(s) - virology , virus , japanese encephalitis , biology , encephalitis , culex , ecology , larva
The susceptibility of Culex sitiens to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus was examined in the laboratory. Cx. sitiens became infected with JE virus on day 8 and subsequently it is able to transmit the virus when it takes a blood meal. Both parts of the experiment were carried out using artificial membrane feeding technique.