Short communication: susceptibility of culex sitiens to Japanese encephalitis virus in peninsular Malaysia

Vythilingam, Indra and Tan, S.B. and Krishnasamy, M. (2002) Short communication: susceptibility of culex sitiens to Japanese encephalitis virus in peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 7 (6). pp. 539-540. ISSN 1360-2276, DOI 12031077.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Asia ; Virus ; Flaviviridae ; Flavivirus ; Japanese encephalitis group virus ; Invertebrata ; Arthropoda ; Insecta ; Diptera ; Culicidae ; Malaysia ; Japanese encephalitis virus ; Culex ; Sensitivity ; Vector
Subjects:	R Medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User:	Miss Nur Jannatul Adnin Ahmad Shafawi
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2013 03:11
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2019 08:52
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/4224

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